Ambassador Huckabee Sparks Backlash, Region-Wide Condemnation Over Comments About Israel

 

Ambassador Huckabee Sparks Backlash, Region-Wide Condemnation Over Comments About Israel

 

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee triggered regional backlash after saying in a televised interview with Tucker Carlson that Israel has a biblical right to a large swath of the Middle East — referencing land “from the Nile to the Euphrates” — and adding that “it would be fine if they took it all,” while also saying Israel is not currently seeking to expand its borders.

Arab and Muslim governments and regional bodies publicly condemned the remarks in statements over the weekend, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and others, as well as the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry said it “categorically” denounced Huckabee’s comments and called for clarification, describing the remarks as contrary to international law, the UN Charter, and diplomatic norms.

A US Embassy spokesperson said Huckabee’s comments did not reflect any change in US policy, and said Huckabee’s full remarks made clear Israel had no desire to change its current boundaries.

The controversy unfolded as Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said in an interview with Kan public radio that he expects Hamas to be given an ultimatum to disarm “in the coming days,” and that “in the end” Israel will occupy Gaza and reestablish Jewish settlements there, according to Israeli media.

GhostofBasedPatrickHenry: Here is a lengthy formal statement posted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:

For those who didn’t bother opening the image and zooming in to read it, the statement was co-signed by countries from across the world, from every continent, and includes members from a diverse collection of international groups including NATO, BRICS, the EU, the Arab League, the [57-nation] Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Mike Huckabee has succeeded not only in uniting the Muslim World, but what seems like the entire free world, against Israel.

“OH WOW JUST LIKE IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION!”

Maybe. Or, the arrogance and hubris of Israel’s ruling elite has proven itself to be so wicked that the whole world is collectively retching in disgust.

Allow me to demonstrate how disrespectful these Israelis are toward President Trump. Explain to me how this public statement from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is not undermining Trump’s efforts for peace?

How about Ze’ev Elkin from the Finance Ministry yesterday asserting that Israel will not financially contribute to Trump’s Board of Peace? Is that disrespectful?

What about last month when all of the top officials in Netanyahu’s government—including Smotrich—formally rejected President Trump’s Board of Peace? Is that disrespectful?

I know there are people who will make excuses for this behavior, so let’s keep going.

What about last week when President Trump hosted the first Board of Peace meeting in DC, and [indirectly] called out Laura Loomer and Mark Levin for their incessant attacks against Emir Tamim of Qatar?

How did Loomer respond to Trump’s requests that they stop? She posted the video and doubled down, stating that she “hates Qatar.”

Mark Levin has been acting like a mental patient for the past month, posting “Get Khamenei!” multiple times a day. It appears to be a rally cry to assassinate the leader of Iran.

As I sit here and I listen to Lindsey Graham call President Trump a wuss by comparing him to Barak Obama (should he choose not to attack Iran, in Graham’s musings) I see clearly that these people are not earnestly seeking peace. They are bloodthirsty sociopaths fawning for war.

Honestly, It’s almost like watching some satanic ritual, as they leap around the stage in a frantic craze, anxious that the opportunity for widespread warfare has already passed by.

To be clear, the moment has passed. There won’t be a war with Iran. I don’t know that for certain, as I am not part of Trump’s team, but he gave his word to his Muslim friends that he would bring peace and stability to the region. And if it is a feat of strength that President Trump wishes to display to his Arab partners, there would be no greater demonstration of strength than to stand up to the Israel Lobby and the NeoCons, and stop their warmongering plans.

Only the strongest leader in the world could possibly pull that off.

Meanwhile, here is the opposition leader to Netanyahu’s government, Yair Lapid, declaring that he will stand with Bibi in a war against Iran. Because even this former news anchor turned “center-left” progressive politician wants a war with Iran, and is willing to give Bibi all the support he needs to carry it out.

Lapid even went on (in Hebrew) to express empathy for the Greater Israel that Mike Huckabee conceptualized in his interview with Tucker.

This guy is one of the favorites to win the election for Prime Minister this October. The other favorite—Naftali Bennet, who also opposes Bibi—said the other day that “the world will never love Israel, so it should learn to fear it.”

Well that doesn’t sound evil or ominous at all. All of this totally seems to align with the America First policy objectives laid out by President Trump over the past 10 years. Starting wars in the Middle East with one of the most powerful militaries in the world is super based and redpilled. Killing all of those people is what God wants, I’m told.

I’m am so grateful that we have finally reached a point where it all seems so incredibly asinine. People will still support the call for war, of course, but that is only because they themselves are everything they accuse Iran of being:

Radicalized religious extremists.