Vice President JD Vance suggested Israel may not be fully on board with President Donald Trump’s push for a U.S.-Iran peace deal after a bombshell report claimed Israeli intelligence agencies have been eavesdropping on American negotiators.
The explosive report said U.S. intelligence officials have grown alarmed over alleged Israeli spying on American diplomats involved in negotiations with Iran.
According to the New York Times, the Pentagon now ranks Israel as a larger counterintelligence threat than some of America’s enemies.
The report alleged Israel has been monitoring senior Trump officials, including the president’s top negotiator, Steve Witkoff, Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby and other American military and government personnel.
Fox News host Jesse Watters pressed Vance on the claims, asking how concerned he was that Israel was allegedly eavesdropping on the United States.
Vance did not directly address the spying allegations but acknowledged that Washington and Jerusalem do not always see eye to eye.
‘I think obviously the Israelis and the United States, we have a lot of shared interests, but we also have some situations where our interests diverge,’ Vance replied, refusing to address the spy allegations.
The vice president said Trump’s main goal in Iran is to make sure Tehran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.
He also appeared to concede that Israel may not support the deal Trump is trying to broker.
‘I think that he’s right, that we can get the long-term settlement to Iran’s nuclear deal,’ Vance continued. ‘Now, Israel may like that, they may not like that, but fundamentally, we think this is in the best interest of the United States of America.’
The report lands at a tense moment, with Israel and Iran trading missile fire in recent days and each side accusing the other of violating Trump’s fragile ceasefire.
Iran launched strikes on Israel on Sunday, accusing Israel of breaching the truce with attacks on Beirut and tying the fighting in Lebanon to its broader confrontation with the United States.
🚨 MUST WATCH: ISRAEL WAS JUST CAUGHT SPYING ON THE PENTAGON AND TRUMP’S TOP NEGOTIATOR… VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE REACTS 🚨
“Israel may like that, they may not like that… this is in the BEST INTEREST of the United States of America” 🇺🇸🔥 pic.twitter.com/JkNc0rDjqE
— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) June 9, 2026
Israel responded early Monday with airstrikes on military and economic targets across Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran, Isfahan and other cities.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the strikes after Iran attacked Israel in support of Hezbollah, but later said he would halt the assault while warning Tehran that any new attack would be met with force.
Trump has been pressing Netanyahu to stop escalating against Iran and Lebanon as the president tries to preserve a deal he says could be just days away.
According to the report, Donald Trump has even threatened to pull U.S. support for Israel if the strikes blow up the Iran agreement.
The central U.S. demands are that Iran abandon its pursuit of a nuclear weapon and surrender its stockpile of enriched uranium.
Iran, meanwhile, is seeking control of the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of the U.S. blockade on its ports and an end to fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah.
The Israeli Embassy has denied the allegations in the New York Times report, insisting Israel does not spy on American officials or entities and poses no threat to the United States.
But the claims have rattled Washington, where U.S. officials are reportedly taking the alleged intelligence collection seriously.
One senior Trump administration official told the outlet that Israeli intelligence collection on U.S. officials since the start of Trump’s second term has been ‘unhinged.’
Two senior U.S. military officials also told the Times that American personnel serving in Israel or working with Israeli counterparts were aware of counterintelligence threats.
The allegations put fresh pressure on the Trump administration as it tries to balance support for Israel with the president’s push to end the Iran crisis on terms favorable to the United States.
For Vance, the message was careful but clear, Israel remains an ally, but Trump’s peace deal will be judged by whether it serves America’s interests first.
Download the FREE Trending Politics App to get the latest news FIRST >>
