PNN – Recent statements by US Ambassador to Tel Aviv Mike Huckabee in support of the expansionist project known as “Greater Israel” were met with a unified wave of condemnation from nations, governments, resistance movements, and the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to the occupied territories, recently claimed in an interview: The area between the Nile and Euphrates rivers is the right of the Israeli regime.
Asked whether this gives the Israeli regime a “divine right” to vast areas, including the historic land of Palestine and parts of Arab countries such as Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Huckabee said: There’s nothing stopping them from taking it all.
Continuing this position, he added, based on his alleged religious interpretations: Israel is “the land that God gave to the chosen people.”
– Statement by Islamic countries against Huckabee’s statements
According to the Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed website, following these statements, Islamic countries announced in a joint statement: Huckabee’s statements violate international law and threaten regional peace and security.
The statement called Huckabee’s statements dangerous and provocative, violating the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter, and posing a serious threat to regional security and stability.
– Hamas movement
The Palestinian resistance movement (Hamas) also condemned Huckabee’s remarks, saying they were a clear manifestation of the colonial mentality on which the Zionist movement is built.
The movement added: These statements are also evidence of America’s “bias towards projects of domination and annexation” of Arab lands to other occupied territories, and this American approach is a violation of international law and the UN Charter, and disregard for the sovereignty of the countries of the region.
– Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, for its part, considered Huckabee’s statements to reveal “the true face of the colonial alliance supporting the occupation,” and noted that “the only option in confronting the American-Zionist alliance is to strengthen the resistance.”
– Jordan
Fuad Majali, the official spokesman for the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, also rejected these “absurd and provocative statements (by Huckabee), which violate diplomatic norms, encroach on the sovereignty of regional countries, and are a clear violation of international law and the United Nations Charter.”
– Egypt
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry, in turn, condemned the statements of the US ambassador to the occupied territories, announcing in a statement that these statements include claims about Israel’s right to lands belonging to Arab countries, which are a clear violation of the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
– Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Foreign Ministry also called on the United States to take a clear position on the statements made by its ambassador to the occupied territories. The ministry stressed its rejection of these irresponsible statements, which are a violation of international law, the UN Charter and diplomatic norms.
– Iraq
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs also condemned Huckabee’s statements in a similar statement, calling them “a violation of the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of countries and having negative consequences for the security and stability of the region.”
– Kuwait
In this context, the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry announced that Huckabee’s statements are a “clear violation of international law” and are aimed at increasing tensions in the region.
– Sultanate of Oman
The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for its part, issued a statement condemning and condemning the US ambassador’s statements” and reaffirmed “the firm position of the Sultanate of Oman in support of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, the establishment of their state, and the end of the occupation of all Arab lands.
– Arab League
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the Arab League, also condemned Huckabee’s claims, writing on his Platform X page that these statements contradict the principles of diplomacy and all its norms, and are also contrary to logic and reason.