Netanyahu called the report “fake news” and said, "Israel did not give its approval for any arms deal between the U.A.E. Though The New York Times reported Wednesday evening that security officials gave a “classified briefing” regarding the F-35 to U.A.E. Netanyahu made it clear that Israel would still oppose any such militaristic deal between the U.S. and any Arab nation. “Other countries, I will tell you now, want to come into that deal,” Trump said from a White House press briefing Wednesday. Alhough Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said past U.S. administrations had in sold F-16 warplanes to the U.A.E.

Source: Fox News August 20, 2020 01:30 UTC