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Netanyahu said lobbying US against selling F-35 to Turkey
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Illustrative: Two US F-35 Lightning II’s bank after receiving fuel over the American Midwest, September 19, 2019. (US Air Force/ Master Sgt. Ben Mota/ File)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been lobbying US Secretary of State Marco Rubio against selling F-35 multirole fighter jets to Turkey, the UK-based Middle East Eye reports, citing two senior Western officials and a third official.
Netanyahu raised the issue in calls with Rubio over the last two months, reports the left-wing outlet.
In March, Fox News reported that US President Donald Trump was open to including Turkey in the F-35 program if the two sides could come to agreement on rendering Turkey’s Russian-made S-400 anti-aircraft batteries inoperable.
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