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A US-made F-15 fighter jet flown by the Royal Saudi Air Force (YouTube screen capture)
June 13, 2017, 10:36 am
US Congress takes up new bill to ensure Israel’s qualitative military edge
As lawmakers contemplate $350 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, legislation seeks to up coordination with Israel
By JTA and TOI staff
US President Donald Trump, left, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud take part in a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
June 8, 2017, 2:46 am
Trump’s $110 billion Saudi arms deal is ‘fake news,’ officials tell US think tank
Defense and political sources tell Brookings Institution no contracts have been signed, with leaders only making statements of intent
By AFP
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on January 25, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2017, 2:49 pm
Lapid: Entire Israeli security establishment is worried by Trump’s Saudi arms deal
Kowtowing to US president, Netanyahu left Israel vulnerable by failing to prevent or even criticize massive, dangerous DC-Riyadh accord, says Yesh Atid leader
By Raoul Wootliff and Raphael Ahren
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford, right, shakes hands with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman in the ministry's Tel Aviv headquarters on May 9, 2017. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
May 25, 2017, 5:29 am
Liberman expresses unease over massive Saudi arms deal
Defense minister says $110 billion agreement will add to ‘crazy arms race’ in region; Netanyahu says US maintaining Israel’s qualitative edge
By AFP
US President Donald Trump, left, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud take part in a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
May 22, 2017, 6:06 am
‘How can it hurt?’ Why Israel says it’s not worried by Trump’s huge Saudi arms deal
Unprecedented $110 billion weapons sale flies through approval process in record time, as US president tries to show Riyadh he’s their man
By Judah Ari Gross
US President Donald Trump, left, and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud take part in a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
May 21, 2017, 12:01 pm
After Saudi arms deal, ministers fret about Israel’s military edge
Yuval Steinitz warns Riyadh is a ‘hostile country,’ says Washington should have consulted with Jerusalem before inking agreement
By Tamar Pileggi and AFP
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman speak to the media in the Oval Office at the White House, on March 14, 2017. (AFP/ Nicholas Kamm)
May 13, 2017, 6:27 pm
US, Saudi Arabia in ‘final stages’ of negotiating $300 billon arms deal
Ahead of Trump’s Mideast visit, White House official says major weapons contracts won’t erode Israel’s qualitative military advantage
By TOI staff
An Apache helicopter firing during a military exercise in Hafr al-Batin, Saudi Arabia on March 10, 2016. (AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
May 6, 2017, 8:31 pm
US, Saudi Arabia negotiating major arms deal — report
Countries said working to seal weapons contracts worth tens of billions of dollars ahead of Trump’s visit
By Alexander Fulbright
An F-35 fighter jet lands in the Nevatim air base in southern Israel on December 12, 2016. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
December 13, 2016, 2:09 am
With fog delay, F-35 ceremony turns farcical — but it could’ve been worse
Event for Israel’s new fighter jet starts 6 hours late with greatly depleted audience; though, unlike a botched 1976 ceremony for the F-15, it probably won’t bring down the government
By Judah Ari Gross
The F-35 Lightning II during a refueling test near the Patuxent River in Maryland on September 5, 2014. (Layne Laughter/Lockheed Martin)
April 6, 2016, 2:20 pm
If the F-35 fighter jet is so awesome, why is it so hated?
Israel’s next stealth aircraft is the future of modern warfare, but the Pentagon’s program costs over $1.5 trillion — and it’s not yet operational
By Judah Ari Gross
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks on stage during the New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention at the Verizon Wireless Center on September 19, 2015 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
November 5, 2015, 10:04 am
Clinton vows to meet Netanyahu during first month in office
In Forward op-ed, front-runner for Democratic nomination promises to confront Iran, pursue ‘two states for two peoples’
By TOI staff
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