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Middle East states condemn US ambassador’s comments appearing to support ‘expansionist’ Israel
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Carlson said that according to the Old Testament, the boundaries would be “basically the entire Middle East.”
He continued: “Does Israel have the right to that land?”
“Not sure we’d go that far,” Huckabee said in reply. “It would be a big piece of land.”
Carlson then pressed him: “Does Israel have the right to that land?”
Tags: Israel, Great Israel, Nile to Euphurates