U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance sharply criticized Israeli officials who have attacked the memorandum of understanding signed between Washington and Tehran. He said President Donald Trump is “the only head of state” currently showing sympathy toward Israel and warned that Israeli cabinet members should not be attacking their last major ally.
“If I were a member of the Israeli cabinet, I might not be attacking the only strong ally I still have in the entire world,” Vance said. He added that he would tell some cabinet members that “two-thirds of the defense systems that protected your homeland were made by American hands and paid for with our money.”
Vance argued that Israel’s problem is not Trump. “Anyone in Israel who thinks the biggest problem of his country is the president of the United States needs to wake up and recognize reality,” he said. The remarks came amid Israeli criticism of the newly signed U.S.-Iran framework.