Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said the decision to attack Iran was made by the United States, not Israel. "The decision to attack Iran was the decision of the United States. It wasn't our decision. We supported the American effort, and we think it was the right decision," Danon told i24NEWS. He also rejected any link between the war and rising oil prices or the Republican Party's losses in the November 3 midterm elections.

Danon's remarks came after American Vice President JD Vance said the Iran war was a main reason the Republican Party lost the midterms. Vance pointed to voter anger over the cost of living and Washington's relationship with Israel.

Critics, including scholars John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt in their book The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, describe a repeated pattern. First, pro-Israel groups and officials push Washington toward policies that serve Israeli interests. When those policies cause problems, the blame is shifted to the United States. Mearsheimer wrote in March 2026 that "the United States was dragged into the Iran war by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the lobby." Danon's comments fit that pattern: Israel supported the war, but now says it was America's call.