New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- 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.

Saudi Arabia described his words as "reckless" and "irresponsible", while Jordan said it was "an assault on the sovereignty of the countries of the region".

The Foreign Ministry of Saudi Arabia said in a post on X that it "expresses its strongest condemnation and complete rejection of the statements made by the United States Ambassador to Israel, in which he recklessly suggested that Israel's control over the entire Middle East would be acceptable."

Egypt's foreign ministry wrote that it "reaffirms that Israel has no...