Netanyahu rips anti-Israel ‘woke Right,’ rebuffs Vance’s ‘only powerful ally’ remark

Published July 5, 2026 1:26pm ET | Updated July 5, 2026 1:39pm ET



Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the growing anti-Israel faction in the American Right on Sunday and answered Vice President JD Vance’s comment that the United States is Israel’s only powerful friend.

In an interview on Fox News‘s The Sunday Briefing, Netanyahu pushed back against critics of Israel in the U.S., framing the Democratic Party as the biggest problem but pointing to the growing problem of what he called the “woke Right,” a term usually confined to online spaces.

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