The United States would not exist if it weren't for Israel, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee announced during the International Conference on Israeli Heritage in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday.
Huckabee also stated that it was his job to represent the importance of Israel to the US.
"It is your heritage, without a doubt," he said, "but it is also the heritage of the United States. Without Israel, without the Jewish foundation, there would not be America. We owe our very existence to what happened in this land."
Trump claims Israel would not exist without US
Huckabee's statements came following claims made by US President Donald Trump that there would be no Israel without the US.
"Without me, there would be no Israel - because no other president was willing to do what I did," Trump said in a bilateral meeting with the Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Trump also added that Israel has been fighting Lebanon for too long, and said that he had suggested Syria take care of the terrorist group instead.
Jonah Davidov contributed to this report.