Vance criticizes Israel for overreacting to the US-Iran agreement

Gold Financial reports that on June 18th, U.S. Vice President Vance criticized Israel for showing "strange panic" and "overreaction" to the agreement reached between the U.S. and Iran. The related interview was published on Thursday. Officials from various Israeli political factions believe that the agreement does not address their concerns about Iran's nuclear program and ballistic missile program, and also restricts Israel's military actions against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Vance stated, "I feel a nearly strange panic within the Israeli system; they assume that everything beneficial to Iran in their assumptions will happen, and that it will happen without Iran changing any behavior at all. But the agreement is not written that way." Vance accused Israel of lacking trust in its most important ally. Vance said, "The view that we have reached a terrible agreement is not consistent with the facts, especially considering the long-term relationship between the two sides." Vance specifically named several critics of the agreement—Israeli far-right cabinet ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. Vance stated, "My response to them is: what is your specific plan? You are a country of 9 million people. You cannot solve every national security issue through constant killing."
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