According to sources in the Trump administration, Congress has been told that the United States plans to sell dozens of Vapor planes to the country.
The White House has announced to Congress that it intends to sell 50 F-35s to the UAE, the Trump administration said tonight (Thursday) on behalf of Reuters.
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The two countries hope to reach an agreement on the sale of the vapor planes by December 2, Independence Day of the Princesses.
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committees and the House of Representatives have criticized the United Arab Emirates' role in the deaths of Yemeni citizens, who may act to cancel the sale of the planes.
At a press conference that Netanyahu held tonight before the meeting of the Corona Cabinet Committee, he said that Israel had received a commitment from the United States that Israel's military advantage would be maintained as it is.
"This is an important achievement for the State of Israel. We know that we are all facing a common threat, everyone understands this well. However, it was important that the defense establishment accepted this clear American commitment to preserve our advantage in the region and in general."
Defense Minister Bnei Gantz paid a visit to Washington last week to summarize the "compensation package" that the United States will provide to Israel following the sale of the stealth to the Emirates. Air, as well as armaments that will preserve the IDF's qualitative advantage in the Middle East.
During the visit, Ganz signed a statement guaranteeing the US strategic commitment to maintaining Israel's security supremacy in the Middle East decades ahead. Ganz signed the statement with US Secretary of Defense Mark Asper at the meeting at the Pentagon, saying at the end of the meeting: "They are important in ensuring Israel's commitment to maintaining its security superiority."
The issue of the sale of the F-35s caused a stir among senior members of the defense establishment in general and between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ganz in particular.
The defense minister claimed that the prime minister knew about the US-UAE negotiations on the sale of the planes, but hid it from the defense establishment. "The Israelis who were involved in the negotiations, but were hidden from the defense establishment, which was not a partner in it," Gantz said in a statement.
Netanyahu's office clarified that "the new understandings were not part of the peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates and the discussion in them began only a month ago with the defense minister's visit to Washington, after the signing of the peace agreement."
Subsequently, they both announced that they were removing their opposition to the sale of the aircraft.