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Is JD Vance antisemitic?

Former US Vice President Mike Pence criticized incumbent Vice President JD Vance’s position on Israel on Thursday, calling the Jewish state America’s “most cherished ally” and warning against rising antisemitism on both sides of the political spectrum.

“I have great concerns about what I’ve heard coming out of the vice president’s office with regard to Israel,” Pence told Fox News Digital.

“There’s no place in America for antisemitism on the left or on the right and the people that are wringing their hands about US support for Israel, I get the feeling sometimes they’re just using that as a thinly veiled excuse for their antisemitism,” he said.

Trump says US increasingly unsafe for Jews

President Donald Trump compared rising antisemitism in the United States to the climate in Nazi Germany in 1938, expressing alarm at the resurgence of anti-Jewish hatred, particularly on American university campuses.

“I’m amazed to see it. I never thought this. This is like Germany in 1938, or whatever. It’s like crazy what’s going on,” Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in an interview on Thursday.

Vice Adm. Curt Renshaw, commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, concluded a visit to Israel on Friday aimed at strengthening military cooperation and maritime security coordination, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Renshaw visited as the guest of Israeli Navy chief Vice Adm. Eyal Harel and met senior naval commanders to discuss operations in various combat arenas, cooperation between the two fleets, the security of maritime shipping routes and technological knowledge-sharing.

The visit comes against the backdrop of heightened regional tensions involving Iran, with the U.S. Fifth Fleet responsible for naval operations in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and surrounding waters.