During an interview earlier this week with commentator Tucker Carlson, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee referenced Book of Genesis, saying that Israel and the Jewish people have what he described as a “biblical right” to much of the Middle East.

He included within that claim the entirety of Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, as well as large portions of Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, adding that “it would be fine if they took it all.”