Israel Forks Out $9 Billion in Military Deal With The United States Published February 8th, 2021 - 10:47 GMT
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Israel approved a plan late Sunday to strengthen its air forces with billions of dollars in US warplanes and advanced military equipment.
State-owned KAN TV reported the decision was made with three years of delay following a seven-hour-long Cabinet meeting, which was attended by Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
The $9 billion deal includes the procurement of Chinook helicopters, F-35 and F-16 warplanes, bombs, advanced arms and aerial refueling tankers, it said.
Support for apartheid Israel and settler-colonialism in Palestine is totally bipartisan in US politics.
Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel s military correspondent.
An Israeli Air Force officer takes part in the Juniper Falcon exercise in February 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
The Israel Defense Forces and the United States European Command (EUCOM) launched a joint air defense exercise this week, dubbed Juniper Falcon, focused on the threat of ballistic missile attack, the two militaries said Thursday.
It may be the last time that the two hold the biennial exercise, after 20 years of cooperation, as the US recently decided to move Israel out of EUCOM’s area of responsibility and into the purview of Central Command (CENTCOM).