“WASHINGTON -- Vice President JD Vance accused elements of the Israeli government of being behind a campaign to shape U.S. public opinion about the Iran war and undermine talks to end the conflict.
"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," Vance told podcaster Joe Rogan this week. "Not toward any objective, but just indefinitely."
The Vance allegation marked an escalation in an increasingly public rift between Washington and its closest Mideast ally. Vance, who helped negotiate last month's Iran truce, described what he called a foreign-influence campaign to derail the diplomatic effort.
Israel has designated hundreds of millions of dollars to shore up U.S. support for the war and improve its image worldwide, with a $45 million lobbying contract going to a former Trump campaign manager, Brad Parscale. Vance referenced a Time Magazine article that suggested Israel used some of that money to pay online influencers who attacked Vance. A person involved in the contract said no money was used to criticize Vance or the truce.
"When I open up the pages of Time magazine and I see that there's a literal foreign influence campaign being funded to tank the very deal that I was pursuing, and oh by the way, many of the people who were receiving that money were actually attacking me in completely dishonest ways. You know, my response to that is, 'Well, go to hell,'" Vance said.
"Claims that I attacked the MOU or the Administration are false," Parscale wrote on social media, referring to the ceasefire agreement with Iran.
A Vance spokesman didn't respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for the Israeli embassy in Washington declined to comment.” [1]
1. World News: Vance Ramps Up Criticism of Israel. Andrews, Natalie; Bergengruen, Vera; Wegmann, Philip. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 16 July 2026: A6.
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