{"id":22172,"date":"2026-07-30T17:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22172"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:03:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T12:03:05","slug":"netanyahu-confronts-vance-on-his-criticisms-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=22172","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Confronts Vance on His Criticisms of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5746743\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5746743\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5746743\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T124013-617-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T124013-617-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T124013-617-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T124013-617-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T124013-617-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T124013-617-288x162.jpg 288w, https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T124013-617-432x243.jpg 432w, https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-2026-07-30T124013-617.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5746743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Sipa USA via AP\/Oliver Contreras)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> reportedly confronted Vice President <strong>JD Vance<\/strong> over his recent public criticism of Israel\u2019s government during a private meeting in Washington on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/07\/30\/netanyahu-confronts-vance-over-his-criticism-of-israeli-government\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking to Axios<\/a>, Israeli and U.S. officials both described the one-on-one meeting at Blair House as candid but \u201cdirect,\u201d following months of increasingly public disagreements between the vice president and the Israeli leader over U.S. policy toward Iran.<\/p>\n<p>A senior Israeli official told journalist <strong>Barak Ravid<\/strong> that Netanyahu addressed Vance\u2019s recent remarks about the Israeli government and Israel\u2019s standing within the Republican Party, calling the meeting \u201ca frank and candid conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. official\u2019s assessment was similar, noting: \u201cThe conversation was direct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing officials, Ravid noted that Netanyahu was frustrated by Vance\u2019s repeated criticism, including accusations that the Israeli prime minister encouraged opposition to the now-defunct U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, which the vice president backed, and had failed to show sufficient loyalty to President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Vance scolded Israeli officials criticizing the Iran agreement, suggesting that they should \u201cnot be attacking the only powerful ally\u201d the country has \u201canywhere left in the entire world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu pushed back on the statement at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/netanyahu-hits-jd-vance-for-saying-the-us-is-israels-only-powerful-ally-we-have-many-many-friends\/\">replying<\/a> Israel had \u201cmany friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vice president later told comedian <strong>Joe Rogan<\/strong>, on a podcast released on July 15, that some Israeli officials were attempting to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/go-to-hell-jd-vance-rages-at-israeli-influencer-campaign-trying-to-tie-him-to-tucker-carlson\/\">steer<\/a> the U.S. away from diplomacy with Iran and toward continued conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI definitely think you have seen this very discreet, extremely well-funded campaign to try to derail the negotiation and try to derail the deal. 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