[[{"content_id":346296,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"US envoy to Israel says UAE will have to wait 'six or seven years' for F-35 jets","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman says if the sale of F-35 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates is finalised, it may still be another six to seven years before they are delivered.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"In an interview published by the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, Friedman said that "the Emirates have been trying to get F-35s for six or seven years".\r\n\r\n"And the delivery time is probably another six or seven years from now."\r\n\r\nSources familiar with the F-35 negotiations between the US and the UAE told Reuters on Tuesday that the two countries are working on reaching a deal by December.\r\n\r\nThe UAE, one of the US's closest allies in the Middle East, had long expressed interest in acquiring the stealth jets and had been promised a chance to buy them in a side deal made when they agreed to normalise relations with Israel in August.\r\n\r\nSources familiar with the negotiations said F-35 fighter jets sold to the UAE may be built in a way that ensures the same planes owned by Israel outperform any others sold in the region, defence experts said.\r\n\r\nThe US ambassador further pointed out that ensuring Israel's military advantage in the region was a "matter of law, not a matter of policy".\r\n\r\n ","content_html":"

In an interview published by the Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, Friedman said that "the Emirates have been trying to get F-35s for six or seven years".<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

"And the delivery time is probably another six or seven years from now."<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Sources familiar with the F-35 negotiations between the US and the UAE told Reuters on Tuesday that the two countries are working on reaching a deal by December.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The UAE, one of the US's closest allies in the Middle East, had long expressed interest in acquiring the stealth jets and had been promised a chance to buy them in a side deal made when they agreed to normalise relations with Israel in August.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Sources familiar with the negotiations said F-35 fighter jets sold to the UAE may be built in a way that ensures the same planes owned by Israel outperform any others sold in the region, defence experts said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The US ambassador further pointed out that ensuring Israel's military advantage in the region was a "matter of law, not a matter of policy".<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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