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Vice President JD Vance issued stark warnings to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, demanding they stop criticizing President Donald Trump and the U.S. agreement with Iran.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe problem for Israel is not Donald J. Trump,\u201d Vance told reporters Thursday at the White House. \u201cAnybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of [their country\u2019s] situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Netanyahu has remained mostly silent since the U.S. enacted a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, Axios<\/u><\/span> reported Wednesday that the Israeli prime minister has been privately fuming.<\/p>\n

Vance denied the parts of Axios\u2019 report about Netanyahu, saying it was \u201cnot reflective of the conversations\u201d he\u2019s had with him. But Vance was less forgiving when talking about the members of Israel\u2019s cabinet who have openly criticized Trump in the wake of the deal.<\/p>\n

If he was an Israeli cabinet member, Vance said, he \u201cmight not be attacking the only powerful ally\u201d they have left in the world. He also pointed to the extensive defensive weaponry \u201cpaid for by American tax dollars\u201d that the U.S. has provided to Israel.<\/p>\n

Israel has continued attacking Lebanon, targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, with airstrikes reported by Reuters<\/u><\/span> just hours before Vance\u2019s briefing. Axios reported that Israeli officials say they aren\u2019t bound by the U.S.-Iran deal and want Hezbollah disarmed before they withdraw troops. Strikes over the weekend complicated the initial timeline for the MOU, straining the once-close relationship between Trump and Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

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At the Group of Seven summit in \u00c9vian-les-Bains, France, Trump tried to reassert control over the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cBibi [Netanyahu] is a good man. He gets a little excited sometimes. But we have an amazing partnership. We are the big partner and he is the very small partner,\u201d Trump said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Trump railed against Netanyahu after Israel\u2019s strikes in southern Lebanon threatened to break down the pathway to the final agreement, telling Axios<\/u><\/span> the prime minister had \u201cno fucking judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about the Lebanon component of the MOU \u2014 which states that Israel will have to withdraw from the neighboring country under any final agreement \u2014 Vance remained somewhat vague and told reporters that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been running point on managing that portion of the broader conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is about regional peace,\u201d Vance said. \u201cSometimes these ceasefires are a little messy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The vice president told reporters Israel needs to get on board with the Iran deal, hours after Israel launched airstrikes on Lebanon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump-white-house"],"yoast_head":"\nVance to Israel: Stop Criticizing Your \u2018Only Powerful Ally\u2019 - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=562\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vance to Israel: Stop Criticizing Your \u2018Only Powerful Ally\u2019 - Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The vice president told reporters Israel needs to get on board with the Iran deal, hours after Israel launched airstrikes on Lebanon.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=562\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-18T20:10:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"headline\":\"Vance to Israel: Stop Criticizing Your \u2018Only Powerful Ally\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-18T20:10:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562\"},\"wordCount\":454,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/71120a9c475e7724bdae8e003f6e899a-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Trump White House\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562\",\"name\":\"Vance to Israel: Stop Criticizing Your \u2018Only Powerful Ally\u2019 - Modern Home Journals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/71120a9c475e7724bdae8e003f6e899a-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-18T20:10:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=562#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/71120a9c475e7724bdae8e003f6e899a-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/71120a9c475e7724bdae8e003f6e899a-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1706,\"caption\":\"Vice President JD Vance speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington. 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