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The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Jerusalem

Huckabee’s Israel land remarks condemned as ‘dangerous and inflammatory’

US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee waves
Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, waves upon his arrival in the West Bank town of Taybeh, in 2025. Photograph: Nasser Nasser/AP

Governments from across the Islamic world have condemned remarks by the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, suggesting it would “be fine” for Israel to claim a broad swath of the Middle East.

Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor and former Arkansas governor, has long been an outspoken supporter of Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.

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