"We don't want a client state, and that's not what Israel is. We want a partnership. We want an ally here. Vance's visit follows that of the US Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law. Their objective, according to analysts, was to calm tensions after the ceasefire has been shaken by repeated violations since it was put in place on 10 October, with Palestinian militants killing two Israeli soldiers and Israel bombing Gaza on Sunday."
"At the end of a meeting with US vice president, JD Vance, in Jerusalem, part of a US diplomatic blitz in support of the truce plan to end the fighting, Netanyahu added: We have a partnership, an alliance of partners, who share common values and common goals. We can have discussions, we can have disagreements here and there, but on the whole, I have to say that in the past year we've had agreement agreement not only on goals but how to reach them."
US officials conducted a diplomatic push in Jerusalem to support a truce plan for the fragile Gaza ceasefire with Hamas. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected suggestions that Israel is a client or vassal state of Washington, calling such claims hogwash and stressing a partnership of allies sharing values and goals. US vice-president JD Vance affirmed that Washington seeks a partner and ally, not a client state. The visits follow earlier US envoys and aim to calm tensions after repeated ceasefire violations since 10 October. US officials warned of a difficult process to disarm Hamas, recover hostages' bodies, and rebuild Gaza.
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