{"id":131492,"date":"2026-06-19T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=131492"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:18:58","slug":"22-05-125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=131492","title":{"rendered":"Vance slams Israeli critics of Iran deal, says they need to \u2018wake up and smell the reality\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reunion68.com\/Biuletyn\/img\/jns-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"35%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/vance-slams-israeli-critics-of-iran-deal-says-they-need-to-wake-up-and-smell-the-reality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vance slams Israeli critics of Iran deal, says they need to \u2018wake up and smell the reality\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>JNS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u201cIf 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,\u201d the vice president told reporters.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.jns.org\/dims4\/default\/cd785ab\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3000x1689+0+311\/resize\/1000x563!\/format\/webp\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.jns.org%2F5f%2Fb0%2Fde659f3f42ee905be94911996eac%2F55295076364-ee6fa6fbd1-o.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>U.S. Vice President JD Vance at a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater in Virginia, May 25, 2026. Credit: Daniel Torok\/White House.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">U.S. Vice President JD Vance had sharp words on Thursday for Israeli critics of the Trump administration\u2019s peace deal with Iran, accusing them of being ungrateful to the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Speaking to reporters during a White House press briefing, Vance said that he was skeptical of reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was \u201cfuming\u201d over the agreement before sharply criticizing members of the Israeli cabinet who have made negative public remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cThat\u2019s not reflective of the conversations that I\u2019ve had with him, but maybe he\u2019s saying something to somebody else that he\u2019s not saying to me,\u201d Vance said of Netanyahu. \u201cWhat I will say, and this does bother me, is that you\u2019ve seen people within Bibi\u2019s cabinet who have come out and attacked the deal, and in some ways, very personally attacked the president of the United States.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u201cMy message to them would be twofold: One, 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, and he happens to be the head of state of the world\u2019s superpower,\u201d Vance said. \u201cIf 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are among the Israeli officials who have publicly come out against the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, with Ben-Gvir\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/israel-news\/ben-gvir-israel-not-bound-by-us-iran-memorandum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"><u>writing<\/u><\/a><\/span>\u00a0that Israel would not be bound by the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Ben-Gvir\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itamarbengvir\/status\/2067626212080365820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"><u>posted<\/u><\/a><\/span>\u00a0an image of Vance on social media on Thursday, saying the United States ought to have dealt with \u201cthe Nazis of the 21st century,\u201d referring to Iran, \u201cjust as the United States dealt with the Nazis of the 20th century.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Vance credited Netanyahu with avoiding personal attacks on Trump, but reminded the Israeli cabinet that \u201ctwo-thirds of the defensive weapons that have protected your homeland have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He stated that \u201cthe problem for Israel is not Donald J. Trump, and anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation that country is in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The vice president spent most of Thursday\u2019s press conference describing and defending the MoU, which a senior U.S. official\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link\" style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/u-s-news\/senior-us-official-reveals-text-of-iran-mou-for-first-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\"><u>read<\/u><\/a><\/span>\u00a0aloud in a background press briefing, but which has not yet been officially published.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Trump signed the MoU at the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday after the conclusion of a G7 summit, and Iranian state media released images of Iranian President Masoud Pezekhian holding up his signature on the deal on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Vance said the 60-day clock to reach the \u201cfinal deal\u201d described in the MoU began on Thursday, ahead of an expected signing ceremony and talks between the United States and Iran this weekend in Geneva.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content-alignment\">\n<div id=\"watch-description\" class=\"yt-uix-button-panel\">\n<div id=\"watch-description-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><em>Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion&#8217;68,<\/em><em><br \/>\nani te\u017c webmastera Blogu Reunion&#8217;68, chyba ze jest to wyra\u017anie zaznaczone.<br \/>\nTwoje uwagi, linki, w\u0142asne artyku\u0142y lub wiadomo\u015bci prze\u015blij na adres:<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><em><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"mailto:webmaster@reunion68.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">webmaster@reunion68.com<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vance slams Israeli critics of Iran deal, says they need to \u2018wake up and smell the reality\u2019 JNS \u201cIf 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,\u201d the vice president told reporters. 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