WASHINGTON: US Vice President JD Vance lashed out at Israeli critics of the Iran deal on Thursday, saying President Donald Trump is Israel’s only ally in a sharp rebuke that referenced the billions in US defense aid the country receives.
As the Trump administration defended its deal to end the war with Iran, Vance was asked about a report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was fuming over the agreement.
Vance said he had not heard such comments from Netanyahu but criticized members of the Israeli leader’s cabinet, whom he said have attacked the deal and personally attacked Trump.
“My message to them would be twofold. No. 1: Donald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time,” Vance told reporters at the White House.
“If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.”
