Netanyahu, Vance holding news conference
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance are speaking to reporters following their meeting earlier in West Jerusalem.
Vance says Israel ‘not a client state’
Vance, standing alongside Netanyahu, has now commented to the media in West Jerusalem.
The US vice president pushed back against the idea that Israel acts as a “vassal state” of the US. “We don’t want a client state and that’s not what Israel is. We want a partnership. We want an ally,” said Vance.
Trump, Vance said, believes that “Israel can play a very strong leadership role” in the region, allowing the US to take more of a back seat.
More like the US is a client state of Israel nowadays. At least under Biden it was, Trump is finally pushing back. (Albeit out of greed)
Israeli PM says strong Israel crucial for US interests in Middle East
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, standing next to US VP Vance, says when it comes to Israel’s security, “we do what we have to do”.
“A strong Israel serves America’s interests in stabilising this very unstable region, and you can’t stabilise it without a strong Israel,” he told reporters in West Jerusalem. “So we make the decisions with the security of Israel. We make common decisions, which I think [serve] both, and that’s what we discussed today.”
According to polls and US' soft power collapsing, Israel's decisions are definitely not serving the US
