Vance issues harsh warning to Israelis slamming Trumps Iran deal

Vice President JD Vance eviscerated Israeli officials who have criticized President Trump over the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, blasting them for complaining about the document that requires them to stop striking Hezbollah in Lebanon.Vance told reporters Israeli cabinet members had, in some cases, “very personally attacked the president of the United States.”“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,” he added, pointedly.“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’s superpower.”Trump’s signing the truce with Iran on Wednesday ignited a political firestorm in Israel.Israeli media outlets unleashed a barrage of criticism against the agreement between Washington and Tehran, with some commentators branding it “a catastrophic capitulation” and “a betrayal” of Israeli security interests.The Jewish state joined the US in launching attacks on Iran on Feb.

28, and Israeli pols have doubted Trump’s decision to deal with the regime and promote a ceasefire.There are several issues in the US-Iran memorandum of understanding Trump signed on Wednesday that pertain to Israel, including a unilaterally declared cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, as well as the non-inclusion of any limits on Iranian ballistic missiles.“The murderous thugs of Tehran are not like any other state in the region,” Israeli ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter told “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins” on Thursday.“If they have ballistic missiles, they’re going to use them on their neighbors.”“Tehran is not like any other state in the region.

They’re not like any other state altogether,” he added.Israel has not withdrawn its forces from Lebanon, where they have been staged in the south for weeks huntin...