{"id":66755,"date":"2026-02-22T17:20:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-ambassadors-comments-on-israel-and-the-middle-east-were-taken-out-of-context-embassy-says\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T17:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:20:30","slug":"u-s-ambassadors-comments-on-israel-and-the-middle-east-were-taken-out-of-context-embassy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-ambassadors-comments-on-israel-and-the-middle-east-were-taken-out-of-context-embassy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S ambassador&#8217;s comments on Israel and the Middle East were taken out of context, embassy says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>An uproar continued Sunday after the U.S. ambassador to Israel,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/mike-huckabee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mike Huckabee<\/a>, said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Israel<\/a>\u00a0has a right to much of the Middle East, as more Arab and Muslim countries objected and the U.S. said his comments were taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p>Huckabee spoke in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired Friday. 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