The uproar continued Sunday after the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East, as more Arab and Muslim countries objected and the U.S. said his ...

Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said of the Jewish state’s biblical right to land in the region: “It would be fine if they took it all.” Arab leaders rejected the comments.

Mike Huckabee walked back his statement, but only because it was likely an unrealistic venture for Israel, he said ...

Senior administration officials have called Arab officials to explain that a Huckabee comment that Israel can control much of the Middle East did not signal a policy shift.

Leaders of 14 Arab governments rejected Huckabee's suggestion that Israel could lay claim to the entire Middle East.