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Israel's UN ambassador rejects Vance's claim that Iran war was behind midterm losses Israel ’s ambassador to the United Nations has rejected US Vice President JD Vance’s analysis that the war on Iran was the “real reason” the Republicans suffered sweeping losses in the midterm elections, and that the party should “change our relationship to Israel”. “It’s very easy to always blame Israel for everything, but that is not the case,” Danny Danon told Israeli outlet i24 News. “I think it’s unfortunate that many made the link between rising prices, mainly oil prices, and the situation here in…

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Israel's UN ambassador rejects Vance's claim that Iran war was behind midterm losses Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Thu, 11/05/2026 - 15:17 'It’s very easy to always blame Israel for everything, but that is not the case,' says Danny Danon Danny Danon at the UN on 20 June 2025 (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images via AFP) Off Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has rejected US Vice President JD Vance’s analysis that the war on Iran was the “real reason” the Republicans suffered sweeping losses in the midterm elections, and that the party should “change our relationship to Israel”. “It’s very easy to always blame Israel for everything, but that is not the case,” Danny Danon told Israeli outlet i24 News. “I think it’s unfortunate that many made the link between rising prices, mainly oil prices, and the situation here in Israel,” the Israeli ambassador said. “The decision to attack Iran was the decision of the United States. It wasn’t our decision. We supported the US effort, and we think it was the right decision.” The US and Israel attacked Iran at the end of February. The New York Times reported that in the weeks before the war began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared intelligence with US President Donald Trump suggesting that the Iranian people would rise and topple their government in the event of an attack. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); No such regime change has occurred, and Iran has taken control of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, sending energy prices soaring. The attendant rise in the cost of living in the US has been a key issue for American voters and one that Democrats have sought to exploit. Vance takes to X On Wednesday, after elections saw the Republicans lose both the Senate and the House of Representatives, Vance wrote in a lengthy post on X: “But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone… The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.” “I think a part of it was…

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