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Dl wrote: The main role that the U.S. had in securing the “deal” was in promising the UAE access to advanced weapons, including the F-35, and the Israeli government has made it abundantly clear that they cannot accept that.

I have been wondering what the details of this "deal" are. After I read this piece and Pillar's remarks and noticed you did not supply a link in what I quote above, I goggled "Israel/UAE deal explained" and was unable to find any mention of the weapons promise. (Admittedly I could not pierce the WSJ paywall.) The Foreign Policy piece I read had lots of details, e.g., Turkey's objection was mentioned but nothing about an associated weapons deal.

I modified my search to "Israel/UAE deal tied to US weapons for UAE" and found stuff. The best by far was: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/uae-nixes-meeting-israel-35-arms-deal-row-report-200824235236086.html

IMO more people should know about this. I would like to know more. Netanyahu is on record being against the arms sales. But you cite "the Israeli government"? Is that because this all goes back to unwritten promises that the US will never let anyone in the ME have weaponry equal to or better than Israel's? I mean, Netanyahu is not the Israeli government.

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