Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, presented a position based on the Book of Genesis and defined the promise to Abraham as the "bill of sale" of the Land of Israel to the Jewish people.
Anti-Israeli interviewer Tucker Carlson, who came to Israel specifically to conduct the interview, which was conducted at Ben Gurion Airport, began: "You turned to the Book of Genesis. Genesis 15 says that Abram, before changing his name to Abraham, receives from God the promise that his descendants will inherit the land.".
He turned to Huckabee and asked: "Tell me as a theologian if I'm wrong, but it's 'from the Euphrates River to Egypt,' and that basically includes the entire Middle East. That's the Levant - meaning Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon. It also includes large parts of Saudi Arabia and Iraq.".
Want more news, videos and stories? Join the Haredim 10 WhatsApp channel >>
BREAKING: US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee tells Tucker Carlson that Israel has the Biblical right to take over all of the Middle East.
“"It would be fine if they took it all."” pic.twitter.com/BN4fXh03ga
— Tucker Carlson Network (@TCNetwork) February 20, 2026
Huckabee replied: "I'm not sure it will go that far, but it will be a large area. Israel is a land that God gave, through Abraham, to the people he chose. It is about a people, a place and a purpose.".
When Carlson pressed him to answer whether Israel has a right to all of the described land, Huckabee said, "It would be fine if they took it all.".
