JD Vance's Israel remarks draw criticism from Republican Rep. Randy Fine

Created 6/20/2026 at 8:21:37 PMEdited 6/20/2026 at 8:22:44 PM

Vance criticized Israel’s leadership for speaking out against the memorandum of understanding signed by President Trump on Wednesday.

“If 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,” Vance said.

“What the president has grown frustrated, sometimes, is that we seem to be right on the cusp of a major breakthrough in the agreement, and then all of a sudden there’s a major explosion that goes off in a civilian population center in Beirut, and a lot of people who have nothing to do with Hezbollah lose their lives. That’s not acceptable,” Vance said during his Thursday briefing.

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