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Triumph turns sour: did Israel agree to US sale of F-35 fighter to UAE?

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Published: 20 August 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Netanyahu denies he agreed to US sale as part of the deal; UAE official rejects his denial, media report maintains PM was aware of massive arms agreement

How Netanyahu’s huge diplomatic achievement turned into a self-made political fiasco (Haaretz)
ANSHEL PFEFFER: An unforced error by the prime minister has now turned his master stroke of diplomacy into a potentially explosive scandal that involves national security concerns

US considering F-35 Sale to UAE in side agreement to Israel deal (Haaretz)
American officials have briefed the UAE military on the advanced weapons, raising concerns about exposing confidential information

Defence minister: It’s not good for Israel if other countries get F-35 (Times of Israel)
Gantz says he was not informed about details of normalisation deal — including reported US sale of stealth fighter — until after the fact; PM denies such a sale is part of deal

UAE official reportedly rebuffs Netanyahu denial he okayed F-35 sale (Times of Israel)
Pushing back at PM’s claim that deal did not include agreement to remove Israeli objections, newspaper report maintains he was aware of multi-billion-dollar arms agreement

The real deal for Israel and the UAE is weapons (Haaretz)
The Emirates spend billions of dollars a year on arms procurement. Now Israel stands to get in on the action

A US sale of F-35 Stealth fighters to the UAE could be a Middle East game changer (Forbes)

Photo: Fighter jets from the IAF's second F-35 squadron fly over southern Israel (IDF spokesperson)
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