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08.07.26 - 10:24
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Trump Signals Willingness To Sell Turkey F-35 Jets Despite Loud Netanyahu Protests (ZeroHedge)
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Trump Signals Willingness To Sell Turkey F-35 Jets Despite Loud Netanyahu Protests
Israel and Turkey are in a bit of a tug-of-war with President Trump and potential major arms deals hanging in the balance. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vehemently complained to Trump in a Friday call about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's escalating anti-Israel rhetoric, officials cited in Axios said.
Netanyahu specifically pressed Trump block sales of weapons systems to Turkey, especially those that would help Turkey modernize its air force. Of central issue remains potential F-35 transfer, which if carried through would outrage Israeli leaders. Turkey was blocked from the program in 2019 after the NATO member state went through with acquiring Russia's S-400 air defense system on fears that the US advanced fighter jets classified systems could be compromised.
via Associated Press
Also central to current negotiations with Washington is a $700 million deal for new engines for Tur...
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07.07.26 - 11:48
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Hamas Announces Dissolution Of Gaza Government, But Israel Warns It′s A Sham (ZeroHedge)
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Hamas Announces Dissolution Of Gaza Government, But Israel Warns It's A Sham
Hamas formally announced Monday the final dissolution of its government in Gaza amid preparations to hand power to a technical committee backed by the United Nations as part of a Trump-brokered ceasefire deal.
The hardline Islamist group, which has fought Israel in a war for survival - especially since its brutal Oct.7 2023 terror attacks on southern Israel - has not indicated whether it will fully disarm, however. There's as yet no indication it will comply with handing over security to an international force. A fragile truce has remained in force, but there has been sporadic flare-ups in fighting over the last months, which has also at times seen renewed Israeli aerial assaults.
via The Arab Weekly
For this reason, the development has been met with mixed reactions, with Israeli officials asserting this is a deceptive PR stunt with no real significance.
"The alleged resignation of the Hamas government, where...
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06.07.26 - 20:13
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Netanjahu warnt USA vor Kampfjet-Deals mit Türkei (DPA-AFX)
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WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV (dpa-AFX) - Kurz vor dem Beginn des zweitägigen Nato-Gipfels hat der israelische Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanjahu eindringlich vor einem Kampfjet-Deal zwischen den USA und der Türkei gewarnt. Er glaube nicht, dass Washington Ankara ......
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06.07.26 - 05:06
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Trump: ′Netanyahu Knows Who The Boss Is′ After Phone Call (ZeroHedge)
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Trump: 'Netanyahu Knows Who The Boss Is' After Phone Call
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could meet as early as next week after the US leader returns from the annual NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
That's what Trump told Axios on Saturday after a Friday phone call, wherein the Israeli PM congratulated the American leader on the 250th Independence Day of the United States. Trump said something very interesting in the wake of the call: "We get along very good. [Netanyahu] knows who the boss is," he told Axios.
via Reuters
US-Israel relations have been deeply strained of late, given deep Israeli reluctance on the US-Iran MoU signing, as well as the US-mediated ceasefire in Lebanon.
Israel fears that the end result to a hasty peace could be a nuclear-armed Iran, and some Israeli leaders have gone so far as to say military action must not stop until there's true regime change.
"During their conversation, the Prime Minister said that the United Stat...
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