Some Democrats Sour On F-35 Sale To UAE

Some Democrats Sour On F-35 Sale To UAE
Some Democrats Sour On F-35 Sale To UAE

“The Trump Administration has made it clear that they’ll put lethal weaponry in just about anyone’s hands without regard to potential loss of life so long as the check clears,” Rep. Eliot Engel says.

Israel Seeks $8B Arms Deal At White House: F-35s, V-22s, KC-46s

Israel Seeks $8B Arms Deal At White House: F-35s, V-22s, KC-46s
Israel Seeks $8B Arms Deal At White House: F-35s, V-22s, KC-46s

The new weapons are meant to keep Israel’s qualitative edge after President Trump agreed to sell the F-35 to the UAE and Teheran rattles its homemade swords, furious about the new era between Israel and some Gulf states.

Bibi Said Yes To F-35 Sale To UAE, Eye On Normalized Relations

Bibi Said Yes To F-35 Sale To UAE, Eye On Normalized Relations
Bibi Said Yes To F-35 Sale To UAE, Eye On Normalized Relations

“Bibi used his open line to the White House to give the OK for this deal,” an Israeli source told Breaking D. He did not disclose the F-35 OK to anyone, including Benny Ganz, Israel’s defense minister and alternative prime minister.

Israel, Pressed By US, Blocks First Big Chinese Deal

Israel, Pressed By US, Blocks First Big Chinese Deal
Israel, Pressed By US, Blocks First Big Chinese Deal

TEL AVIV: The strict U.S warning to Israel to limit ties with China has its first result as the Chinese failed to win a tender for the construction of the giant desalination plant in central Israel. The Palmahim site is in close proximity to Israel’s missile test and satellite launch facility. The Soreq 2 facility,…

Israelis: Soleimani Intercept Sparked Drone Strike; US Reinforces Region

Israelis: Soleimani Intercept Sparked Drone Strike; US Reinforces Region
Israelis: Soleimani Intercept Sparked Drone Strike; US Reinforces Region

TEL AVIV: Five days ago, an undisclosed intelligence agency intercepted a telephone call made by the head of Iran’s Quds Force, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in which he was heard ordering his proxies in Iraq to attack the US embassy in Baghdad, as well as other Israeli and American targets, with the aim of taking hostages, Israeli sources say.…

Israel Needs ‘Many Billions Immediately’ To Counter Iran: Netanyahu

Israel Needs ‘Many Billions Immediately’ To Counter Iran: Netanyahu
Israel Needs ‘Many Billions Immediately’ To Counter Iran: Netanyahu

TEL AVIV: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, still trying to form a new government, said Israel must increase its defense spending by “many billions immediately and then many billions every year” as the threat from Iran “has intensified in recent weeks. Israel, he said yesterday, faces a significantly growing threat from Iran. The Israeli military recently attacked…

Israel To Trump: Don’t Talk To Iran! Look At North Korea….

Israel To Trump: Don’t Talk To Iran! Look At North Korea….
Israel To Trump: Don’t Talk To Iran! Look At North Korea….

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak: “In North Korea, we saw war threats that ended in hugs, a dead end in negotiations, hugs again, and then the story repeats all over again. The same could happen with Iran.”

Israel Bombs Quds Force In Syria; Thwarts Iran Armed Drone Attack

Israel Bombs Quds Force In Syria; Thwarts Iran Armed Drone Attack
Israel Bombs Quds Force In Syria; Thwarts Iran Armed Drone Attack

Israel initially jammed all communications between the drone operators and their weapons and then bombed the facility on the night of Aug. 24, Israeli sources say.

Israeli Election Politics Slowing IAF Acquisitions

Israeli Election Politics Slowing IAF Acquisitions
Israeli Election Politics Slowing IAF Acquisitions

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) ground forces command want an immediate replacement for the CH-53 . “It is natural that operational needs differ, but this is the task of the highest command to evaluate the needs and make a decision,” a senior Israeli defense official said.

Is Israel Flying F-35s In Iraq To Hit Iran Missile Shipments?

Is Israel Flying F-35s In Iraq To Hit Iran Missile Shipments?
Is Israel Flying F-35s In Iraq To Hit Iran Missile Shipments?

New reports emerge of Israeli strikes in Iraq, as a prominent Senator (and Trump ally) pushes a new security pact between Washington and Jerusalem.

For Israelis, War With Iran Looms; Iran Denies Drone Downed

For Israelis, War With Iran Looms; Iran Denies Drone Downed
For Israelis, War With Iran Looms; Iran Denies Drone Downed

The Iranian seizure of a British tanker in the Persian Gulf sends a new jolt of tension through the Middle East as complications arise on multiple fronts.

Skeptics Pan Netanyahu Plan For Formal US-Israel Treaty

Despite decades of de facto alliance, the US does not have a formal collective defense treaty that would legally require it to come to the defense of Israel.

Why Would Russia Spoof Israeli GPS? F-35 & Iran

Why Would Russia Spoof Israeli GPS? F-35 & Iran
Why Would Russia Spoof Israeli GPS? F-35 & Iran

The answer may lie in the limits of Russian electronic warfare, which — while far more potent than US military EW — still relies on raw power more than precise targeting. It may also show the weakness of the warm relationship Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cultivated with Vladimir Putin, which could run aground on Russia’s increasing support for Iran.

B-52 Crosses Israel Enroute To Gulf States; Israeli Intel Prompts US Moves

B-52 Crosses Israel Enroute To Gulf States; Israeli Intel Prompts US Moves
B-52 Crosses Israel Enroute To Gulf States; Israeli Intel Prompts US Moves

As Israelis celebrated their independence day, sources here told Breaking Defense that at least one of the B-52s deployed to the region passed through our airspace, headed to “one of the Gulf states.”