{"id":41292,"date":"2026-02-22T06:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=41292"},"modified":"2026-02-22T06:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T06:04:25","slug":"pakistan-muslim-bloc-denounce-us-envoy-remarks-backing-israel-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=41292","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, Muslim bloc denounce US envoy remarks backing Israel expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan and 13 other countries have condemned remarks by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggesting he would not oppose Tel Aviv taking over large parts of the Middle East, the Foreign Office said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalist Tucker Carlson this week, Huckabee argued Israel has a biblical right to land stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates River. \u201cIt would be fine if they took it all,\u201d he said after Carlson noted the verse includes territory between the Euphrates in Iraq and the Nile in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, foreign ministers from Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Kuwait, Oman, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, along with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, League of Arab States and Gulf Cooperation Council, expressed \u201cprofound concern\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0aPR No.4\ufe0f\u20e38\ufe0f\u20e3\/2\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e36\ufe0f\u20e3<\/p>\n<p>Joint Statement Condemning the Statements Made by the US Ambassador to Israel https:\/\/t.co\/Nux9LTuDWz<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd17\u2b07\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/sowZyAXqq4<br \/>\n\u2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) February 22, 2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey affirm their countries\u2019 categorical rejection of such dangerous and inflammatory remarks, which constitute a flagrant violation of the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, and pose a grave threat to the security and stability of the region,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The ministers said Huckabee\u2019s remarks contradicted \u201cthe vision put forward by US President Donald Trump, as well as the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict,\u201d which they said aims to contain escalation and create a political path toward a settlement ensuring Palestinians have an independent state.<\/p>\n<p>Read: After SC ruling, Trump hikes global tariff rate to 15%<\/p>\n<p>They stressed that Israel holds \u201cno sovereignty whatsoever over the Occupied Palestinian Territory or any other occupied Arab lands\u201d and reiterated rejection of attempts to annex the West Bank or separate it from the Gaza Strip, warning that expansionist policies would inflame violence and undermine peace.<\/p>\n<p>The statement called for \u201can end to these incendiary statements\u201d and reaffirmed support for Palestinians\u2019 right to self-determination and an independent state along the June 4, 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Saudi Arabia condemned in \u201cthe strongest terms\u201d Huckabee\u2019s \u201creckless remarks,\u201d saying they violate international law and diplomatic norms and \u201cthreaten international peace and security.\u201d Kuwait said the comments contradict Trump\u2019s stated vision and undermine sovereignty, while Oman called them illegitimate and harmful to regional stability.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s Foreign Ministry described the remarks as \u201cabsurd and provocative,\u201d saying they violate diplomatic norms and the UN Charter and contradict Washington\u2019s declared opposition to annexation of occupied Palestinian land. Egypt called them a \u201cflagrant departure\u201d from international law and said they contradict a US-backed framework aimed at ending the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: Pezeshkian says Iran will not bow to pressure amid US nuclear talks<\/p>\n<p>Iraq said the comments were a serious overreach infringing on state sovereignty, while the OIC labelled them \u201cdangerous and irresponsible\u201d and based on \u201ca false and rejected historical and ideological narrative\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Huckabee, appointed US ambassador to Israel last April, has previously spoken of expansionist claims based on what he described as a \u201cdivine right\u201d for Israel in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told news channel i24 last August that he feels \u201cvery attached\u201d to the vision of a \u201cGreater Israel,\u201d calling it a historic and spiritual mission.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and 13 other countries have condemned remarks by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee suggesting he would not oppose Tel Aviv taking over large parts of the Middle East, the Foreign Office said Sunday. Speaking to journalist Tucker Carlson this week, Huckabee argued Israel has a biblical right to land stretching from the Nile [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}