PM credits own policies laid out in 1990s for reaching peace, claims US will protect Jewish state's qualitative military edge despite wanting to sell jets to Gulf
US secretary of state to stop in Muscat in tour aimed at building off Israel-UAE normalization agreement; meetings in Sudan and Bahrain do not yield breakthroughs
State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus tells Emirati media that talks are underway to provide the Gulf state with advanced aircraft amid normalization deal with Israel
Hanegbi says he believes US will compensate Israel if Abu Dhabi gets jets; Mossad said pushing for UAE to get advanced Israeli weapons despite Defense Ministry objection
While critics in Jerusalem warn against leveraging its 'qualitative military edge' in volatile region, Abu Dhabi insists F35s, drones necessary in fight against common enemy Iran
2019 anti-Iran meet in Warsaw helped kick off secret negotiations that eventually led to normalization pact, which carries wealth of possible benefits for Emiratis
Netanyahu denies he okayed the sale as part of normalization with Abu Dhabi, but it is the US which must decide if it undercuts the Israeli military edge it vowed to uphold
Normalization pact said to have included removal of Israeli veto on multi-billion F-35 deal with Abu Dhabi, without defense establishment being notified
If it polls well, normalization agreement may push polarizing prime minister onto a new political trajectory: pivoting to the center to make up for lost votes from his base
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