{"id":500769,"date":"2026-06-19T11:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/500769\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:27:06","slug":"shock-in-israel-as-us-criticises-netanyahu-ministers-and-lebanon-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/500769\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock in Israel as US criticises Netanyahu ministers and Lebanon campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel was in shock on Friday after US Vice President harshly criticised the Israeli government as the Trump administration tries to advance peace negotiations<\/a> with Iran. <\/p>\n

\u201cDonald J Trump<\/a> 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,\u201d Mr Vance said. \u201cIf 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody in Israel<\/a> 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 he added.<\/p>\n

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JD Vance rebukes Israeli cabinet over Iran deal tension<\/p>\n

The unprecedented language from the generally pro-Israel Trump administration sounded alarm bells in the country, which relies heavily on the US for military and diplomatic support. <\/p>\n

It comes at a crucial time for Israel, which fears its security is at risk after the agreement of a memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran<\/a>. The agreement paves the way for Iran to receive billions of dollars, does not order the end of the Iranian nuclear programme and does not address the country\u2019s ballistic missile programme or sponsoring of regional proxy groups, all major challenges for Israel.<\/p>\n

Mr Vance\u2019s comments came after Mr Trump said on Tuesday that Israel had been fighting Hezbollah for \u201ctoo long and too many people are being killed\u201d.<\/p>\n

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for ruining diplomatic relations in a post on Friday morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past day, the US Vice President got angry at a press conference over [right-wing Israeli cabinet ministers Bezalel] Smotrich and [Itamar] Ben-Gvir; Foreign Minister [Gideon] Saar cut ties with the European Union’s foreign minister and President Trump said Netanyahu is showing irresponsibility in Lebanon. If we don’t quickly replace this government, Israel’s foreign relations will be wiped out,\u201d he wrote on X.<\/p>\n

Pro-Netanyahu journalist Amit Segal said: \u201cWhen the US VP praises Iran’s moderate leadership but attacks Israel’s extremism, you know we have a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

The alarm did not deter Israeli ministers. Shortly after Mr Vance\u2019s remarks, Mr Ben-Gvir, the National Security Minister, said Israel\u2019s proposal for victory against its regional enemies was \u201c\u200bto deal with the Nazis of the 21st century, just as the United States dealt with the Nazis of the 20th century\u201d. <\/p>\n

Despite increasing US pressure to end the fighting in Lebanon, Israeli ministers continued to call for military escalation. <\/p>\n

After four Israeli soldiers were announced to have been killed on Friday by Hezbollah fire, Finance Minister Mr Smotrich said it was \u201ctime to speak with fire [and] to open the gates of hell\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Ben-Gvir said \u201cFor every tear of an Israeli mother, a thousand Lebanese mothers must weep,\u201d before addressing Mr Vance. \u201cAll of Lebanon must burn! With all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens are not forfeit. All of Lebanon must burn. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur supreme duty is to protect the citizens of Israel and the soldiers of the [Israeli military], and this commitment takes precedence over every other consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

A column headlined \u201cyou could have been the greatest president of all, but you failed\u201d by journalist Danny Zaken in the newspaper Israel Hayom argued that the president \u201cgravely harmed the human interests of the enlightened world, and you may be remembered forever as the president who brought about American\u2019s humiliation\u201d. The newspaper is owned by a key donor of Mr Trump in the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou betrayed us, the Israelis. And in a single moment, the contempt you once faced suddenly seems so justified and logical,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Defence Minister Israel Katz doubled down on his government\u2019s insistence that Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon, in a statement released on Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n

Mr Katz said Israel\u2019s military \u201cwill remain in the security zone in Lebanon, from the coast to the heights of Beaufort, to protect the northern communities, thwart threats and destroy the terrorist infrastructure in the field \u2013 below and above ground\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the military attacked \u201cmore than 80 targets and eliminated dozens of terrorists\u201d in response to the killing of the four Israeli soldiers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel was in shock on Friday after US Vice President harshly criticised the Israeli government as the Trump…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[64519,85,46,43,2865,789,208],"class_list":["post-500769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-foreign-desk-team","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-standard","tag-story","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500769","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=500769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}