Vance Warns U.S. Critics in Israel Against ‘Attacking the only Powerful Ally’ It Has Left
Vance said the memorandum of understanding protects U.S. leverage and warned Israeli leaders that two-thirds of Israel’s defensive weapons were built with American aid.
- On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance rebuked Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for criticizing the U.S.-Iran deal, warning them not to alienate their "only powerful ally."
- Tensions between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump escalated after Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon threatened to derail the U.S. peace deal with Tehran.
- Vance noted that American hands built two-thirds of Israel's defensive weapons, while the agreement provides $300 billion to Iran and reopens the Strait of Hormuz.
- In a New York Times interview, Vance told the ministers: "You're a country of nine million people. You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem."
- Netanyahu reportedly expressed "stunned anger" over the agreement, which former national security adviser Yaakov Amidror argued fails to accomplish Israel's war aims or provide strategic benefit.
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US Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the peace agreement concluded between the United States and Iran is "reciprocally advantageous", thus rejecting the criticism that the deal would primarily favour Tehran.
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Vice President JD Vance stunned observers on Thursday with some of the bluntest criticism issued to Israel by a US presidential administration in recent memory as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues his attempts to sabotage peace with Iran.
'Wake up': US VP Vance rebukes Israeli critics of Iran deal
United States Vice President JD Vance on Thursday issued a rare rebuke of Israel during a White House press briefing, criticising Israeli lawmakers who had opposed the memorandum of understanding signed between the United States and Iran. Under the deal, the two sides have agreed on a framework to end the war, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a 60-day timeline for further talks. Vance’s comments come amid rising tensions between US Presiden…
‘Wake up and smell the reality’: Vance excoriates Israeli critics of Iran deal
The US vice president said his boss, Donald Trump, was the only world leader still sympathetic to the Jewish state, and reminded Israel that most of its defensive weapons were American-made.
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