Rosenberg more positive about Vance's position on Israel — Jerusalem Post
In the United States, conservative radio host Sid Rosenberg said after meeting with Vice President J.D. Vance that he has a more optimistic assessment of Vance's position on Israel. This was reported by the Jerusalem Post. Rosenberg, who had previously sharply criticized Vance, said he came to the conversation with low expectations, but that the meeting went well.
Rosenberg told WABC Radio hosts Rita Cosby and John Catsimatidis that the meeting was more of an opportunity to get acquainted than a conversation in which he was to press the vice president hard about commentator Tucker Carlson and Vance's statements on Israel. He added that most details of the conversation would remain off the record, but that the interlocutors understood each other and may hold further meetings.
Previous criticism of Vance
Rosenberg, a Jewish New Yorker and a friend of US President Donald Trump, had previously said that Vance did not support Israel decisively enough. He also urged the vice president to distance himself from Carlson, who opposes US military support for Israel and has been accused of spreading antisemitic tropes.
After the meeting, the radio host said that Vance was willing to listen to his interlocutors and, in his view, does not hate either Israel or the Jewish people. At the same time, Rosenberg noted that his favorite among possible presidential candidates in 2028 remains Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He added that Vance could be worked with if he becomes the candidate.
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Contacts with Jewish Republicans
The meeting took place after Vance's appearance at an event of the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas, in which both took part a month earlier. According to Axios, during a closed session the vice president called Israel extraordinarily important to US national security.
Several hours before Rosenberg's meeting with Vance, i24 News reported that the vice president also planned to host a Shabbat dinner this week to build contacts with Jewish Republicans. Activist Shabbos Kestenbaum called this a significant effort by Vance to engage with the American Jewish community.
Two days before the meeting, Vance said at the All-In Summit conference that Trump was prepared to differ in positions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the US president considered Americans' interests to differ from those of the Israeli government. Republican Jewish Coalition political director Sam Markstein responded by emphasizing that Vance had repeatedly called Israel a close and important US ally.
