# Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says he disagrees with US vice president JD Vance’s comments that America is Israel’s sole powerful ally anywhere left in the entire world. Vance has criticised Israel for refusing to withdraw from Lebanon. Israel has continued strikes in southern Lebanon, targeting the terrorist group Hezbollah. This is despite the cessation of fighting in Lebanon being one of the key provisions in the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. Netanyahu says Israel has some other friends besides the US, like India.
Netanyahu pushes back at JD Vance’s claim that Israel has no other allies