Washington DC, July 5 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (local time) cited India as one of Israel's strongest supporters while rejecting US Vice President JD Vance's remark that Israel should avoid criticising its "only powerful ally", the United States.

In an interview with Fox News, Netanyahu said Israel enjoys "tremendous" support from India.

"I respect JD Vance, and we have a very good relationship, but it doesn't mean that I agree with everything that he says. Donald Trump is the greatest friend we ever had in the White House, and I stand by that completely," he said.

Netanyahu then pointed to India's support for Israel.

"We have some other friends, like a small country called India. You know it has 1.4 billi...