The US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has said it would be “fine” if Israel took control of a vast swathe of the Middle East, drawing a swift

Several Arab countries condemned the remarks made by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who appeared to suggest in an interview that Israel had a biblical right to a vast swath of the Middle East.

Huckabee responded: “It would be fine if they took it all.”