{"id":34737,"date":"2026-07-17T04:40:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=34737"},"modified":"2026-07-17T04:40:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:40:47","slug":"vance-says-israeli-campaign-tried-to-sway-us-opinion-against-iran-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=34737","title":{"rendered":"Vance says Israeli campaign tried to sway US opinion against Iran diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The US vice president also said he faced \u2018vicious\u2019 personal attacks over his diplomatic outreach to end the war.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>United States Vice President JD Vance has accused some members of Israel\u2019s government of trying to influence US public opinion \u2060to oppose a deal to end the war with Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In remarks made during an interview with US podcaster Joe Rogan that aired on Wednesday, Vance offered unusually pointed criticism of one of Washington\u2019s closest allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance defended a deal the US reached last month to end the war with Iran, adding, \u201cI know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there have been people within the Israeli government who are \u200ctrying to, like, actually shift us away from that policy because they want to continue the military campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance, whom many view as a potential future presidential candidate, has previously criticised Israel in what has become a widening public rift between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a literal foreign influence campaign being funded to tank the very deal that I was pursuing,\u201d Vance told Rogan, citing a report published by Time Magazine on Monday, which said a former Trump campaign manager was hired on behalf of Israel to run a digital campaign to influence US views of Israel and the Iran war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have seen this very discreet, extremely well-funded campaign to try to derail the negotiation and try to derail the deal,\u201d said Vance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are some people within their system that we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Jazeera\u2019s Patty Culhane, reporting from Washington, DC, said the Israeli-linked influence campaign Vance referenced is likely \u201cmeant to influence Trump\u2019s MAGA [Make America Great Again] base\u201d, which is increasingly divided over US policy towards Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat explains why Vance went on the Joe Rogan podcast,\u201d said Culhane. \u201c[Rogan is] one of the most popular podcasters in the country and is very much a key voice in influencing the young men that make up the MAGA base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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