'Make a choice': Huckabee warns Gulf to choose between Iran and Israel

'Make a choice': Huckabee warns Gulf to choose between Iran and Israel Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 05/12/2026 - 20:18 The US ambassador to Israel made the remarks as he touted the Abraham Accords at an event in Tel Aviv Left to right: US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee stands alongside Israeli ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, US Vice President JD Vance, US President Donald Trump, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Lebanese ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and US ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa in the White House's Oval Office in Washington, DC, on 23 April 2026 (Kylie Cooper/Reuters) Off US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has warned Arab Gulf states that they must "make a choice" between Israel and Iran amid the current standoff, after 40 days of a US-Israeli war on Iran that saw it target and destroy US-aligned assets in the region in retaliation. "The Gulf states now understood they will have to make a choice. Is it more likely they will be attacked by Iran or Israel?