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Bipartisan bill introduced to authorize supplying Israel with bunker-buster bombs

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Two pro-Israel members of Congress introduced a bipartisan bill on Friday to provide Israel bunker-buster munitions as Iran and the United States appear to be nearing an agreement in negotiations to rejoin the Joint Comprehensive Plan...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2021. Credit: U.S. State Department Photo by Freddie Everett.

Gantz seeks new understanding, in quiet way, with US on Iran

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As he set off for a lightning trip to the United States on Wednesday night, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz left behind tectonic political developments in Jerusalem that will reshape the political system for years to...
An F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, fires an AIM 120 missile at the Utah Test and Training Range on Aug. 17, 2017. Credit: U.S. Department of Defense/Scott Wolff.

Biden administration to proceed with $23 billion arms sale to UAE

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The Biden administration has announced its intention to Congress to move ahead with weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates, following a review of the deal struck by the Trump administration, Reuters reported on...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on April 12, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu to Austin: Israel will not allow Iran to carry out goal of nuclear...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will never allow Iran to develop “nuclear capability to carry out its genocidal goal of eliminating Israel” during a joint press conference with visiting U.S....
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on the phone with Australia’s Minister for Defense Linda Reynolds. Source: Lloyd Austin/Twitter.

In call with Gantz, Austin reiterates US commitment to Israel’s military edge

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Benny Gantz, on Thursday, during which he reiterated America’s commitment to Israel’s defense. “Great speaking with Israel’s Minister of Defense this morning. The U.S....
An F-22 Raptor flies over Kadena Air Base, Japan on a routine training mission in 2009. Credit: Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway via Wikimedia Commons.

Report: US approves sending F-22 fighter jets to Israel

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The Trump administration has reportedly approved the sale of F-22 stealth fighters to the Jewish state, according to an article last week in the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, citing senior sources in Israel. The report said that U.S. Defense...
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft. Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo/Alex R. Loyd.

America plans to sell 50 F-35 fighter jets to UAE

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The U.S. State Department informally notified Congress on Thursday that it intends to sell 50 F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, announced U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.). The deal, which must...
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz sign an agreement that Gantz said will “ensure the quality edge of the Israeli defense establishment and the IDF in the coming decades.” Credit: Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Israeli and American defense establishments agree on accelerated defense deliveries

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Days after Benny Gantz returned to Israel from the United States to hammer out a new procurement arrangement ahead of an imminent announcement by the United States over the sale of F-35 stealth fighter...
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft. Credit: U.S. Air Force Photo/Alex R. Loyd.

Report: Qatar makes formal request to acquire F-35 jets

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Qatar submitted a formal request in recent weeks to the United States to acquire Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, reported Reuters on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter. If completed, a deal could complicate or even...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman addresses the Kohelet Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on Jan. 8, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Ambassador Friedman: Delivery of F-35 jets to UAE to take ‘six or seven years’

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A day after Reuters reported on an emerging deal between the United States and the United Arab Emirates over the sale of the advanced F-35 fighter jets, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman reassured Israelis that...