Netanyahu: We Received American Assurances to Maintain Our Qualitative Superiority

Translation by SadaNews - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this evening, Thursday, that the United States did not ask Israel about the issue of supplying F35 aircraft to Saudi Arabia.

Netanyahu pointed out in a podcast with a news group on social media, managed by a former officer of Israeli intelligence, that after the meeting, he spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday and received a promise to maintain qualitative superiority, according to SadaNews's translation.

He said, "Bin Salman did not get everything he wanted from Trump."

Regarding supplying Turkey with the same aircraft, Netanyahu stated that providing them with F35s is not something close to happening, if it happens at all.

He added, "Our position there is similar to our position regarding supplying Saudi Arabia."

He emphasized that he would remain cautiously optimistic about normalization with Saudi Arabia and others.

He stressed that he would not allow for a Palestinian state and that we will know how to protect our interests, he said.

He reiterated that any agreement with Syria would be security-related, considering that this is more in Syria's interest than it is for Israel.

Regarding Gaza, he affirmed that Israel will work to disarm Hamas by all means.