Should Israel Worry about the Sale of Advanced Aircraft to the UAE?
Two opinions.
September 24, 2020
Should Israel Worry about the Sale of Advanced Aircraft to the UAE?
Two opinions.
On Tuesday, the Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz came to Washington and met with his American counterpart Mark Esper to discuss the possibility that the U.S. will sell its top-of-the-line F-35 jets to the United Arab Emirates. Despite the breakthrough in relations between Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi, many Israelis fear that selling the aircraft to the UAE would erode the Jewish state’s qualitive military edge over its neighbors—which the U.S. is required to by an act of Congress to uphold. Shimon Arad explains these concerns:
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