In a statement released by Jamal Rushdi, the official spokesperson for the Arab League’s Secretary-General, these remarks were deemed ‘contrary to all principles and norms of diplomacy.’ Rushdi emphasized that such claims are illogical and intended to appeal to the far-right factions within the Israeli regime.
The spokesperson highlighted that extremist and unfounded statements like these incite emotions and exacerbate religious and national sentiments. This is particularly concerning as nations gather under the banner of the ‘Peace Council’ to explore pathways for implementing the peace agreement in Gaza and to seize the opportunity for a serious peaceful resolution.Mike Huckabee, the U.S. Ambassador in Tel Aviv, made the controversial assertion during an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson, stating that ‘Israel has the right to the lands extending from the Nile River to the Euphrates.’ Huckabee represents a traditional conservative faction that staunchly supports the Israeli regime, especially within the right-wing evangelical circles in the U.S.
These comments reflect a growing overlap between quasi-religious discourse and U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding Israel, while also highlighting internal divisions within the American right concerning the nature and limits of support for Tel Aviv.The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Huckabee’s remarks about the ‘Biblical right’ of the Israeli regime to seize all of the Levant from the Nile to the Euphrates. In their statement they declared that such assertions contradict religious historical and international legal facts opposing what former President Donald Trump stated regarding his opposition to the annexation of the West Bank.
The statement further described these provocative and rejected remarks as a blatant call to violate the sovereignty of nations and to endorse the occupying regime’s continuation of genocidal warfare and racist annexation schemes against the Palestinian people. The international community has consistently opposed this emphasizing that Gaza and the West Bank particularly East Jerusalem are recognized as Palestinian territories under international law.
