{"id":2630833,"date":"2026-07-16T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-blasts-vance-for-accusing-israel-of-influence-campaign\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:36:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:36:32","slug":"fetterman-blasts-vance-for-accusing-israel-of-influence-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fetterman-blasts-vance-for-accusing-israel-of-influence-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman blasts Vance for accusing Israel of influence campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffetterman-blasts-vance-for-accusing-israel-of-influence-campaign%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2630833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator John Fetterman, a strong supporter of Israel, criticized vice President JD Vance for claiming that Israel is funding online influencers to undermine negotiations with Iran. Fetterman called such accusations a betrayal and emphasized his firm stance against betraying Israel, irrespective of political affiliation. Vance, appearing on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast, alleged that there is a well-funded israeli campaign to sabotage Iran peace talks, and he criticized critics who accused him of being influenced by foreign governments or media figures. The Washington Examiner contacted Vance\u2019s office for comment. Brad Parscale, Trump&#8217;s 2020 campaign manager, rejected Vance&#8217;s allegations, stating his influence efforts began under the Biden management and denying any wrongdoing or secret influence campaigns.The article also includes links to related stories and additional commentary on the political and foreign influence debates surrounding Iran negotiations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA), one of Washington\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4650827\/fetterman-leave-democratic-party-anti-israel\/\">staunchest defenders of Israel<\/a>, condemned Vice President JD Vance Thursday for alleging <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4650072\/jd-vance-accuses-israel-paying-influencers-undermine-iran-negotiations\/\">Israel is paying online influencers<\/a> to criticize and undermine administration talks toward an Iran peace deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is a betrayal,\u201d Fetterman told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cAnyone \u2014 I don\u2019t care if Republican or Democrats \u2014 betray Israel, I\u2019ll of course reject that in the strongest terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a 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wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re attacking me obsessively, saying that we should not be negotiating with Iran, we should just keep the military campaign going indefinitely, and that is their explicit position,\u201d Vance said. \u201cPeople have come after me and say that I\u2019m influenced by Qatar, that I\u2019m influenced by foreign governments, that I take my marching orders from Tucker Carlson, and there\u2019s just so much bulls*** out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy response to that is, \u2018Well, go to hell,\u2019\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">vice president added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Vance\u2019s office for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4651470\/brad-parscale-rejects-jd-vance-claim-israel-undermine-iran-peace-talks\/\">BRAD PARSCALE PUSHES BACK ON VANCE\u2019S CLAIM OF ISRAELI INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN UNDERMINING IRAN PEACE TALKS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Time <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/07\/13\/brad-parscale-israel-influence-operation\/\">reported<\/a> that the firm of Brad Parscale, President Donald Trump\u2018s 2020 campaign manager, was the culprit behind the Israeli-funded campaign to influence Americans against diplomatic negotiations with Iran. He rejected Vance\u2019s claims and said his influence efforts began during the Biden administration when he \u201csaw a rise in Jewish hatred, not because of any government agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cClaims that I attacked the [peace deal] or the Administration are false,\u201d Parscale, who Vance referenced in his Rogan interview, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in a statement. \u201cI welcome professional journalists who examine the facts instead of drawing conclusions from speculation or manufactured connections. Everything I created and did is publicly disclosed through the FARA process. There isn\u2019t a single shred of evidence that I acted against the Administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Christian Datoc and Mabinty Quarshie contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fetterman condemns Vance&#8217;s Israel influence claims<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2630834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP25128059743033.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[7921,4671,5894,15469],"class_list":["post-2630833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-fetterman","tag-israel","tag-politics","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP25128059743033.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630837,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630833\/revisions\/2630837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2630834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}