JD Vance
“I hope all the folks from Temple Israel know that we’re praying for them,” the U.S. vice president said. “We’re thinking about them.”
“Antisemitism on the left is a well-known problem. ... Now what has been revealed is we have also a problem on the right.”
Mike Evans also chides the U.S. vice president for opposing Israeli annexation of Judea and Samaria.
In an interview with NBC News, the VP called it “slanderous to say that the Republican Party, the conservative movement, is extremely antisemitic.”
“He let a questioner’s vile smears against American Jews go completely unchallenged, only assuring him that Trump didn’t let Israel pull the U.S. into a world war,” said the writer David Harsanyi.
The president insisted the escalation did not endanger the Gaza ceasefire.
The U.S. vice president “greatly contributed to Israel’s security, the region and the deep alliance between Israel and the United States,” said the Israeli defense minister.
The U.S. vice president described the period after the ceasefire-for-hostages deal concluded as “days of destiny” that are “changing the face of the Middle East.”
Netanyahu praised the “tight-knit and trusting partnership” with Vance and other top US officials.
The US vice president’s visit follows the arrival in Israel of special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, son-in-law of President Donald Trump.
Marking the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre, the secretary said, “We renew our resolve to prevent such evil from ever taking place again.”
The U.S. vice president visited the Israeli Embassy in Washington to honor Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, killed in a May 21 shooting.
