President Donald Trump said he would sell Saudi Arabia the advanced F-35 fighter jet in a deal that has raised alarms among security experts.

F or five years, observers of Middle East politics in Washington have tried to guess who would next join the Abraham accords, the 2020 agreements that saw four Arab states (the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain,

US President Donald Trump gave Saudi Arabia’s crown prince a lavish reception in Washington, offering a defense agreement that includes cutting-edge warplanes and absolving him of the murder of a newspaper columnist in 2018.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman surprises Washington with a message on Middle East peace, revealing the one demand Riyadh insists on before joining the Abraham Accords.

Military submits formal position paper to political leadership as Trump announces sale of stealth jets to Riyadh ahead of visit by crown prince The post IDF opposes Saudi F-35 deal, warns Israel’s regional air superiority could be eroded appeared first on The Times of Israel.

P Trump is deepening U.S. ties to Saudi Arabia even though the crown prince has rebuffed his number one priority: the kingdom normalizing relations with Israel, which was derailed by the war in Gaza.

I’m very proud of the job he’s done,” Trump told reporters, adding, “What he’s done is incredible in terms of human rights and everything else.” Saudi Arabia and the Crown Prince have faced ongoing criticism from rights organizations for human rights violations,