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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-909029
Israel Will Seek to Purchase New U.S. Weapons Systems as Compensation for Saudi F-35 Sale
(Jerusalem Post) Amir Bohbot - The U.S. informed Israel that it intends to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia in a $25 billion deal, an Israeli official confirmed to Walla on Friday. Israel is expected to seek "compensation" from Washington in the form of weapons systems that the U.S. has so far declined to sell to Israel. A source said the IDF would prefer that no other country in the Middle East receive the stealth fighter, in order to preserve Israel's qualitative edge. However, even if the deal is signed soon, Saudi Arabia would receive its first aircraft only in five years.