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Intel: Israel still opposes any potential US sale of F-35 fighter aircraft to UAE

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday denied reports that his government’s historic agreement with the United Arab Emirates included a potential US sale of F-35 fighter aircraft to the UAE in exchange for the Gulf country’s recognition of the Jewish state.

Al-Monitor Staff
Al-Monitor Staff
Aug 18, 2020
An Israeli F35 I takes part in the "Blue Flag" multinational air defence exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 11, 2019. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
An Israeli F-35 I takes part in the "Blue Flag" multinational air defense exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on Nov. 11, 2019. — JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday denied reports that his government’s historic agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) included a potential US sale of F-35 fighter aircraft to the UAE in exchange for the Gulf country’s recognition of the Jewish state.

“Israel did not change its consistent positions against the sale to any country in the Middle East of weapons and defense technologies that could tip the balance” of military power in the region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.

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