""I hope that Saudi Arabia will be going into the Abraham Accords fairly shortly," he said."
""We told the Trump administration that the supply of F-35s to Saudi Arabia needs to be subject to Saudi normalization with Israel," one Israeli official said."
""Unlike the supply of F-35s to Turkey that we strongly oppose, we are less concerned about such weapons system in Saudi Arabia if its part of a regional security cooperation as part of the Abraham Accords, like we have with the United Arab Emirates," a second Israeli official said."
Trump told the Saudi Crown prince that, with the Gaza war ending, he expects Saudi Arabia to move toward normalization with Israel and said he will discuss the matter with MBS. He expressed hope that Saudi Arabia will join the Abraham Accords and confirmed consideration of a weapons deal that could include F-35 fighter jets. Israeli officials said Israel does not oppose selling F-35s to Saudi Arabia if such sales are conditioned on full normalization with Israel, warning that transfers without diplomatic deliverables would be a mistake and counterproductive. Supplying F-35s to Saudi Arabia would alter regional military balance and affect Israel's qualitative military edge.
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