\u200bU.S. Vice President JD Vance criticized Israel for a “weird panic” and “freakout” over the agreement struck between the U.S. and Iran, in an interview released on Thursday as the Trump administration sought to tamp down criticism \u200cof the deal. Israeli officials across the political spectrum, including some of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies, have criticized the agreement, saying it did not address their concerns over Iran\u2019s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and would tie down Israel’s military operations against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
“There is this weird \u200cpanic almost in the Israeli system that I\u2019ve picked up on where they assume that everything that is contemplated that is good \u200cfor Iran will happen \u2014 but that will happen without the Iranians changing any behavior,” Vance said in an interview with the New York Times. “That’s not how the deal is written.”<\/p>\n
The U.S. would not remove sanctions on Iran if it were still funding a terrorist organization, he said, in an apparent reference to Hezbollah, which Washington has long labeled \u2060a foreign terrorist \u200borganization. U.S. HAS EARNED TRUST: VANCE<\/p>\n
Vance \u2060accused Israel of a lack of trust in its strongest ally. “I find this whole freakout in Israel a little bit odd because I think that it comes from a \u2060place of mistrust, and I think that America has earned the trust of that region of the world,” Vance said.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve done a very good job by that \u200bparticular country and that particular government,” he said of Israel. “And I think that the idea that we\u2019ve made a terrible deal is \u2060not supported by the facts, but just doesn\u2019t make any sense if you consider the broad length of the relationship.” President Donald Trump tried to play down Israel’s concerns during closing \u2060remarks \u200bon Wednesday at the Group of Seven summit in France. Netanyahu could use a “softer touch” in the fight against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, Trump said, in his latest public rebuke of the U.S. partner in the war against Iran. Trump and Iranian leaders approved a memorandum of understanding this \u2060week that deferred the hardest issues to the next phase of negotiations, with no guarantee they will ever be resolved. Citing specific critics \u2060of the deal \u2014 far-right Israeli cabinet ministers \u2060Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich \u2014 Vance said: “I guess my response to them would be: What is your exact proposal? You\u2019re a country of 9 million people. You can\u2019t just kill your way out of solving every \u200csingle national security problem \u200cthat you have.”<\/p>\n
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