Israel shouldn’t be against the US sale of F-35s to Saudi Arabia — however is insisting Washington situation it on whether or not Riyadh and Jerusalem make diplomatic progress.
“We told the Trump administration that the supply of F-35s to Saudi Arabia needs to be subject to Saudi normalization with Israel,” an unnamed Israeli official informed Axios.
President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at their assembly in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in May. AFP through Getty Images
Unlike the availability of F-35s to Turkey, which Israel strongly opposes, “we’re much less involved about such weapons system in Saudi Arabia if its a part of a regional safety cooperation as a part of the Abraham Accords, like we have now with the…
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