13 countries, including Pakistan, denounce the US envoy’s comments regarding Israeli expansion.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s remarks that he would not oppose Israel’s expansion of its authority over vast swaths of the Middle East were sharply denounced by Pakistan and 13 other countries, the Foreign Office stated on Sunday.

The comments were made by Huckabee on Friday in an interview with Tucker Carlson, a former host of Fox News. Huckabee responded that biblical allusions serve as the foundation for Israel’s present borders when asked about them. Carlson noted that the region mentioned in the referenced verse extended from the Nile in Egypt to the Euphrates River in Iraq. “It would be fine if they took it all,” Huckabee replied.

The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Kuwait, Oman, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, as well as the League of Arab States (LAS), the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), issued a joint statement on Sunday expressing “profound concern” over the ambassador’s comments.

According to the statement, the remarks are incendiary and harmful, clearly violate international law and the UN Charter, and seriously jeopardize regional security and stability.

It added that Huckabee’s statements run counter to both the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict and US President Donald Trump’s vision, which both seek to prevent escalation and establish a political route toward a comprehensive settlement that guarantees an independent Palestinian state.

The joint declaration emphasized that rather than fostering cooperation, attempts to legitimize authority over other people’s lands sabotage peace endeavors, increase tensions, and spark violence.

Israel has no jurisdiction over the Occupied Palestinian Territory or other occupied Arab territories, the participating nations reiterated. They reaffirmed their opposition to the growth of settlements, denounced any challenges to the sovereignty of Arab governments, and rejected any attempts to annex the West Bank or split it from the Gaza Strip.

The ministers demanded an immediate halt to such remarks, warning that further expansionist measures would only intensify bloodshed and erode peace prospects.

following with ending the occupation of all Arab areas, they also reaffirmed their support for the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and the creation of an independent state following the lines drawn on June 4, 1967.