Netanyahu retorts to JD Vance’s claim: ‘India is Israel’s true friend, not America alone’ Netanyahu retorts to JD Vance’s claim: ‘India is Israel’s true friend, not America alone’

US Vice President JD Vance’s claim has sparked a new debate in international politics, in which he described America as Israel’s ‘only powerful ally’. Now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refuted this statement and called India a major friend of Israel. Netanyahu made it clear that Israel enjoys the tremendous support of India’s 1.4 billion people and the two countries have deep strategic ties.

Israel has support from all over the world

Netanyahu said in the ‘Fox News Sunday Briefing’ that Vance is wrong to think that Israel is alone in the world. The Israeli PM said that he gets huge support from India on many platforms including Facebook. He pointed out that many countries want to take advantage of Israel’s advanced cyber security, military technology and artificial intelligence (AI) expertise. Netanyahu said that their international relations are actually much broader and stronger than what appears from the outside.

Preparation for meeting with Trump

Rejecting JD Vance’s claim, Netanyahu said that many world leaders remain in touch with him and are willing to sign cooperation agreements with Israel. Amidst this diplomatic stir, Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump on July 13. Iran, regional security and Israel’s growing relations with Saudi Arabia will be discussed in depth in this high-level meeting.