Fox News host Mark Levin on Monday reportedly sharply criticized Vice President JD Vance’s office after anonymous White House aides leveled unusually pointed attacks on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of his meeting with President Donald J. Trump.
The president presented Netanyahu with his plan for ending the war in Gaza, but the criticism from within the administration risked overshadowing the summit.
An adviser to Mr. Trump, speaking to Axios, charged that two key figures close to the president — Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner — were “at their wits’ end with Israel.”
The adviser suggested Netanyahu would bear responsibility for “enabling Hamas and doing nothing for the Palestinians who have so many humanitarian needs” if he did not accept the terms of the proposal.
Other officials voiced similar frustrations. “Everyone — and I mean everyone — is exasperated with Bibi,” said one member of the administration.
Another accused Netanyahu of being distracted by disputes with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson rather than focusing on the conflict itself.
“We can’t figure out what the guy is up to. Focus on Israel. Focus on Gaza. Stop getting involved in U.S. domestic political issues,” the official said. “Stop talking about Tucker. Stop getting influencers here to be your propaganda. It’s not helping you. It’s not helping Israel. And it damn sure isn’t helping us get a peace deal.”
The leaks triggered outrage from Mr. Levin, who suggested the comments had the hallmarks of Vice President Vance’s circle.
“Who are these ‘White House insiders’ trashing Israel and Netanyahu all day today?” Levin asked in a post on X. “What’s this ‘White House insiders?’ Shows up in Mediaite. In Axios earlier. Now Tucker mentioned. Tucker central is the VP’s office. They despise Netanyahu. I truly hope it’s not them. But it’s clearly someone. So who is it?”
Levin charged that the anonymous briefings were undermining the president himself. “They’re undermining the president. They’re pushing a propaganda campaign. Not a word from the insiders about a single terrorist group or terrorist country. Just Israel and Netanyahu. This is a scandal.”
For Levin, the issue strikes at deeper divisions within the conservative movement. He has clashed repeatedly with Carlson over Israel and foreign policy, particularly as skepticism toward U.S. support for Israel has grown on parts of the right. After Carlson made remarks widely interpreted as anti-Semitic during the recent memorial for Charlie Kirk, Levin urged conservatives to draw a line.
“It’s crucial right now before irreversible damage is done to our country, our movement, and our party, and the poison further feeds the increasingly aggressive hate swirling around our society,” Levin warned.
On Monday, he went further, describing the rhetoric circulating inside the White House as a threat not just to U.S.-Israel relations, but to the integrity of the administration itself. “This is a real cancer that is metastasizing and leads to horrendous consequences,” he said.
The controversy has exposed sharp tensions between Trump’s push for a cease-fire and those within his administration who appear increasingly impatient with Israel’s erratic leadership.
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