United States Vice President JD Vance has claimed that certain elements in the Israeli government want the war with Iran to go on indefinitely. Vance made the remarks during his appearance on the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, which aired on 15th July.
“I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there have been people within the Israeli government who are trying to actually shift us away from that policy because they want to continue the military campaign,” Vance said.
“There are some people within their system, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt, who are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely. Again, not towards any objective, but just indefinitely,” he added.
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I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there have been people within the Israeli government who are trying to actually shift us away from that policy because they want to continue the military campaign.
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“There’s a lot of talk about how much the Israeli government is influencing American politics. There are certainly certain people within the Israeli government who hate the deal. And we see exact evidence,” Vance said, in the context of the US-Iran peace deal. Vance added that there was a “discreet” and “well-funded” campaign to thwart the negotiations between the US and Iran. “I definitely think you have seen this very discreet, extremely well-funded campaign to try to derail the negotiation and try to derail the deal,” Vance said.
Vance’s statements come at a time when the US-Israel ties have been facing tensions. Notably, the tensions became visible when Israel had distanced itself from the peace agreement reached between the US and Iran last month, which has, however, been ineffective in reducing the military hostilities. While the US-Iran peace efforts were on, Israel launched strikes at several Hezbollah-linked sites in southern Lebanon. Subsequently, a US-brokered framework agreement aimed at reducing tensions along their shared frontier and paving the way for a broader peace process was signed between Lebanon and Israel.
