{"id":136273,"date":"2025-11-16T12:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/136273\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T12:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:18:08","slug":"israel-opposes-us-f-35-sale-to-turkey-envoy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/136273\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel opposes US F-35 sale to Turkey, envoy says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25142659914909-scaled-1.jpg?v=1763294440\" alt=\"Israel opposes US F-35 sale to Turkey, envoy says\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25142659914909-scaled-1-960x600.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>[AP]<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s ambassador to the United States, Yahel Leiter, said Israel opposes the sale of US F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, citing security concerns, while expressing little objection to a similar potential sale to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Leiter said Ankara\u2019s acquisition of the advanced aircraft would not be \u201cconstructive at this time,\u201d noting Israel\u2019s unease with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom he described as \u201chostile and belligerent.\u201d However, he acknowledged Turkey\u2019s strategic importance as a NATO member with significant military weight and a critical geographic position.<\/p>\n<p>Leiter said Israel understands Washington\u2019s desire to maintain strong ties with Ankara and aims to build a \u201cfunctional, practical relationship\u201d that balances Israel\u2019s security needs with Turkey\u2019s role in Western strategy. He added that Israel cannot accept Turkish troop involvement in Gaza or Syria, a position he said the US respects.<\/p>\n<p>Leiter also dismissed concerns over potential US arms deals with Saudi Arabia, saying there is \u201cno indication\u201d Israel\u2019s qualitative military edge would be threatened.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[AP] Israel\u2019s ambassador to the United States, Yahel Leiter, said Israel opposes the sale of US F-35 fighter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4406,32010,85,46,43,238,1582],"class_list":{"0":"post-136273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-defense","9":"tag-foreign-affairs","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-turkey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}