politics
February 22, 2026
Israel has biblical right to Middle East
The Bible gives Israel the right to almost all of the Middle East, US ambassador to West Jerusalem, Mike Huckabee, has said
TL;DR
- US envoy Mike Huckabee asserted that the Bible grants Israel the right to almost the entire Middle East.
- Huckabee defined a Zionist as someone who believes Jewish people have a right to a homeland in Israel for security and safety.
- He cited the Book of Genesis, which describes the land given to Abraham as extending from the Euphrates to the Nile, encompassing large parts of the Middle East.
- Huckabee indicated it would be acceptable if Israel claimed all that territory, though he clarified that this was not the focus of the current discussion.
- The article also briefly mentions ongoing Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and recent military actions in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen.
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