Netanyahu comments on US decision to sell 50 F-35 fighters to UAE

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has commented on the US sale of 50 F-35 fighters to the United Arab Emirates.

“We are in the same direction against a common enemy,” Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Sources have said that the White House has informed Congress that it intends to sell 50 Lockheed Martin-made F-35s to the United Arab Emirates.

The Israeli side, especially Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had previously confirmed its refusal to sell these fighters to the United Arab Emirates by the United States, stressing the need to preserve the “qualitative military victory” of the Israeli forces in the region.

And this issue remained unresolved even after Israel and the United Arab Emirates concluded a historic peace agreement between the two sides at the White House on September 15, before Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Benny Gantz issued the October 23, a joint statement announcing Israel’s acceptance of selling “certain weapons systems” to the United States. To the Emirates.

Currently, Israel is the only Middle Eastern country whose forces possess these fifth-generation fighters.

Source: Agencies RT +

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