Hyderabad, June 19 -- In a rare public rebuke of Israel by the Trump administration, US Vice President JD Vance has criticised senior Israeli ministers for opposing Washington's agreement with Iran, arguing that military force alone cannot resolve long-term security challenges and urging leaders to give diplomacy a chance.

In an interview with The New York Times published on Thursday, June 18, Vance responded to criticism from Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who have voiced opposition to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed a day earlier by US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

"What is your exact proposal? You're a country of nine million peo...