Benjamin Netanyahu confronted JD Vance in person over his criticism of Israel, report claims

US vice-president recently accused the country of ‘trying to kill your way out of solving every single national security problem’

The ‘frank and candid conversation’ took place during Netanyahu’s seventh state visit to the US this week

3 min readUpdated: Jul 30, 2026 05:23 PM IST US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington. (REUTERS FILE)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President JD Vance held a frank one-on-one meeting in Washington on T

Vice President Vance and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a "direct" conversation about their differences in a one-on-one meeting in Washington on Tuesday evening, Israeli and U.S. officials said. Why it matters: Vance has been the most Netanyahu-skeptical voice in Trump's inner circle since the beginning