{"id":495938,"date":"2026-06-16T17:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/495938\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:45:07","slug":"jd-vance-pushes-back-on-israeli-criticism-of-us-iran-mou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/495938\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance pushes back on Israeli criticism of US-Iran MoU"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a high-stakes media blitz spanning the last 24 hours, US Vice President JD Vance<\/a> has positioned himself as the administration\u2019s primary advocate for the controversial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n

Vance, often seen as the face of the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d foreign policy, spent the day moving from one major network to another, seeking to shape the narrative surrounding the agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big day for the American people \u2013 a big win for everybody who cares about basic peace and stability in the Middle East<\/a>,\u201d Vance told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview that set the tone for the administration\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

The vice president\u2019s rhetoric marks a significant departure from previous \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d policies, focusing instead on the prospect of Iran rejoining the international community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president of the United States doesn\u2019t want just a nuclear deal, as much as that\u2019s a win for the American people,\u201d Vance explained to NBC. He emphasized that the administration is seeking a broader transformation of the Iranian state.<\/p>\n

\"VesselsVessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 10, 2026. (credit: REUTERS\/STRINGER)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re willing to give significant sanctions relief if the Iranians make the kind of long-term commitments that are necessary to be a normal country,\u201d he told Fox News.<\/p>\n

Vance says no US taxpayer money will go to Iran\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vance<\/a> was also quick to address concerns about the use of American taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not giving them American money,\u201d he stated flatly. \u201cNot a single dollar of American money will go to Iran<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, Vance has framed the agreement as an economic benefit for American consumers. By de-escalating tensions in the Gulf, he argued, the deal has already contributed to improved global economic conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cFundamentally, this deal immediately reopens the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d Vance said, pointing to a sharp decline in energy prices. \u201cYou already see oil prices from a high of $126 a barrel down to about $80 a barrel today.\u201d<\/p>\n

For an Israeli public and government deeply wary of the latest developments, Vance offered a mixture of reassurance and criticism. While acknowledging the friction inherent in the US-Israel relationship, he maintained that the MoU<\/a> ultimately serves Israel\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael has been a good partner; sometimes, one side fires and the other side responds,\u201d he told CBS, referring to the recent cycle of exchanges between Jerusalem and Tehran. \u201cBut what we fundamentally believe is that this is going to be a good deal for the people of Israel and for the people of the Gulf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump administration claims MoU is a good deal for Israel, despite pushback<\/p>\n

Vance suggested that the skepticism voiced by Israeli politicians is based on incomplete information.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of misreporting I\u2019ve seen in the Israeli media about what\u2019s actually in the deal,\u201d he told ABC, adding that some of the reporting appears to rely on information originating from Iranian media outlets affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). \u201cBut we believe it\u2019s a good deal for the people of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vance\u2019s and US President Donald Trump\u2019s narrative has exposed a widening rift within the GOP\u2019s foreign-policy establishment. While Vance describes a Tehran that is prepared to \u201cchange its ways\u201d and \u201cstop trying to fund terrorism all over the Middle East,\u201d Senator Lindsey Graham has cautioned that the United States must \u201cunderstand who we are dealing with\u201d \u2013 a sentiment Vance addressed directly by urging the senator \u201cnot to believe the hardliner propaganda in Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vance also argued that a new generation of Iranian leaders has grown weary of decades of isolation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeing even people that I would have assumed are hardliners who are kind of saying, \u2018You know what? Maybe it was a mistake for us to do the things that we\u2019ve done over the last 40 years,\u2019\u201d Vance claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see people saying, \u2018Our relationship with the United States over the past 47 years has been a mistake. Let\u2019s turn over a new leaf.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Political analysts note that Vance\u2019s nonstop media appearances \u2013contrasted with the relative silence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio \u2013 signal another phase in the emerging debate over who will succeed Trump as the Republican standard-bearer in 2028. By taking ownership of the Iran MoU, Vance is telling the Republican base that he is the leading heir to Trump\u2019s political legacy.<\/p>\n

Axios reported on Monday that during internal administration discussions, Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe expressed concerns and raised questions about the Memorandum of Understanding. According to the report, Ratcliffe told Trump and other senior officials that intelligence gathered by US agencies raises serious doubts about Iran\u2019s willingness to make the nuclear concessions that Washington is seeking in a final agreement.<\/p>\n

For now, the vice president remains the administration\u2019s lead salesman for the deal. The stakes, however, could not be higher. Should Tehran use sanctions relief to fund its regional proxies or advance its centrifuge program, Vance\u2019s critics \u2013 including foreign-policy hawks within his own party \u2013 will be ready to pounce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a high-stakes media blitz spanning the last 24 hours, US Vice President JD Vance has positioned himself…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,87,11487,1486,43,157282,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-495938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-jd-vance","tag-memorandum-of-understanding","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}