Arab countries condemn US ambassador's remarks on Israel's right to Mideast land

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JERUSALEM: Arab countries condemned on Saturday (Feb 21) remarks by US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee , who appeared to suggest in an interview that Israel had a biblical right to a vast swath of the Middle East. Huckabee, a former Baptist minister and a fervent Israel supporter, was speaking with far-right commentator and Israel critic Tucker Carlson. In a podcast episode released Friday, Carlson pushed Huckabee on the meaning of a biblical verse sometimes interpreted as saying that Israel

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