US Vice President JD Vance, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. (Photo: AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rejected the notion of his country being an American protectorate. “We are not a protectorate of the United States. Israel is the one that will decide on its security,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office ahead of his meeting with visiting US Vice President JD Vance .

The Israeli PM repeated the same during a joint press conference with Vance, to which the US Vice President added, “We don’t want a protectorate.”

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