Vance calls out Ben Gvir and Smotrich over Iran deal

You're a country of nine million people.

You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.Do you think there's a misalignment between the U .S.and Israel?Do you think Israel has incentives to not want this deal to continue?

Well, what I'd say here is that It's clear that large segments of the Israeli political system and population are very sensitive about this deal.But I also think they're picking up on some misinformation about the deal and running with it and sort of panicking about it.And I fundamentally believe this deal will be good for the entire region and for the world.That includes, of course, the Israelis.Now, I think it's important to say that while I do believe that, I do believe that this deal will be good for the entire world.Fundamentally, we're worried about what's in the best interest of the American people.

And to the extent that, and I think the president has shown this, where he sees misalignment between the goals of the political system in Israel and the goals of the American people, he's willing to say that we're going to pursue America's interests where there are divergences.So there are certainly going to be disagreements from time to time.I think that's normal.I will say, I don't, I don't know, maybe I've missed this.I don't think Bibi himself has actually criticized the deal because I think he's maybe a little bit more familiar with the details of what's in it.Yeah, you've seen people in their system, Ben Gavir and Smotrich, who've attacked the deal.

And I guess my response to them would be, what is your exact proposal?And, you know, you're a country of 9 million people.You can't just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.