THE PRIME MINISTER AGAIN OPPOSED THE SALE OF F-35S TO TURKEY IN THE AMERICAN DIRECTION

IN AN INTERVIEW ON 8 JULY, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU AGAIN STATED THAT THE SALE OF F-35 FIGHTERS TO TURKEY WOULD UNDERMINE THE BALANCE OF FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST REGION. NETANYAHU SAYS THAT TURKEY “HAS EXPANSIONIST AMBITIONS”. HE REVEALED THAT, PRIOR TO THE VISIT OF UNITED STATES PRESIDENT TRUMP TO THE TURKISH CAPITAL, ANKARA, HE HAD REPEATEDLY SPOKEN TO TRANG MANDARIN, STRESSING THE NEED TO PREVENT TURKEY FROM RE-ENTERING THE F-35 FIGHTER JET PROJECT. AT THE SAME TIME, NETANYAHU, IN HIS INTERVIEW, ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS “SUSPECTING” WHETHER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD DIPLOMATICALLY BLOCK IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME, BUT THAT “I THINK HE SHOULD BE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY”。