{"id":499849,"date":"2026-06-18T22:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/499849\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T22:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T22:45:11","slug":"gulf-region-israel-unhappy-with-trumps-iran-mou-despite-vances-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/499849\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf region, Israel unhappy with Trump\u2019s Iran MOU despite Vance\u2019s claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a surprisingly blunt rebuke, Vice President JD Vance attacked Israeli critics of the Trump administration\u2019s interim peace agreement with Iran<\/a> on Thursday, saying Persian Gulf countries \u201clove\u201d it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody 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 Vance said in a White House briefing. \u201cDonald 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vance was responding to criticism from Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel\u2019s far-right national security minister, who called for Israel to defy the agreement\u2019s requirement that Israeli troops pull out of southern Lebanon and stop its attacks on the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah operating there.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not partners to this agreement that does not ensure our security, and it does not bind us in any way,\u201d said Ben-Gvir.<\/a> \u201cWe must not compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said the Trump administration had been \u201ccrystal clear\u201d that the U.S.-Iran agreement would have nothing to do with the Israel Defense Forces\u2019 withdrawal from southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re encouraged by the fact that the president has been consistently unequivocal about preventing Iran from achieving a nuclear weapon,\u201d\u00a0Leiter told NPR this week<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re less encouraged about the fact that it seems that Lebanon has been included in an agreement with Iran, and we think that that\u2019s unnecessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials in Persian Gulf countries criticized the deal as well, with a senior official from the United Arab Emirates describing the mood to MS NOW as \u201ccomplete disappointment.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

Multiple officials from the UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait told MS NOW that the agreement puts no limits on Iran\u2019s ballistic missile and drone programs \u2014 the weapons Iran has used to strike airports, energy infrastructure and ports during the war.<\/p>\n

Persian Gulf officials also expressed concerns over Iran receiving sanctions relief, frozen assets and compensation that could strengthen it economically at a time when many Gulf states believe the U.S. and other states in the region should have maintained pressure. Like Israeli officials, Gulf officials feel they were \u201csidelined\u201d by the Trump administration and had a little visible role in shaping the agreement.<\/p>\n

Ted Singer, a former senior CIA official who oversaw the agency\u2019s operations in the Middle East, said Netanyahu and other Israeli officials are likely to continue to push Iran to see what they can achieve.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019ll push, test, poke, and pull on loose threads, no doubt,\u201d Singer said. \u201cBut he\u2019ll likely steer clear of outright defiance\u201d of the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Rohde is the senior national security reporter for MS NOW and a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. Previously he was the senior executive editor for national security and law for NBC News.\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tInzamam Rashid is a MS NOW contributor and Monocle\u2019s Gulf Correspondent based in Dubai. He has previously reported for Sky News and the BBC\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJulia Jester covers politics for MS NOW and is based in Washington, D.C.\t\t<\/p>\n

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