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        "id": 1847547,
        "msgid": "trump-rebuffs-netanyahus-bid-to-block-f-35-jet-deal-with-turkey-1783500681",
        "date": "2026-07-08 14:40:00",
        "title": "Trump Rebuffs Netanyahu's Bid to Block F-35 Jet Deal with Turkey",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "US President Donald Trump has firmly rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to cancel the sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey. The rebuke, delivered during Trump's visit to Turkey for a NATO summit, marks a significant diplomatic setback for Israel. Netanyahu had argued the sale would upset the military balance in the Middle East, but Trump praised Turkish President Erdogan's leadership.",
        "content": "<p>US President Donald Trump has firmly rejected a request from Israeli\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel the planned sale of F-35\nstealth fighter jets to Turkey. The hardline stance was conveyed\ndirectly by Trump upon his arrival in Turkey on Tuesday (07\/07\/2026) to\nattend the NATO Summit. Trump stated he had no concerns whatsoever about\nreconsidering the sale of the fifth-generation fighter jets long coveted\nby Ankara. The move represents a significant diplomatic blow for Israel,\ngiven that Netanyahu had previously lobbied Trump aggressively through\nboth private phone calls and international media broadcasts. Netanyahu\naccused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of deliberately\ndestabilising the Middle East by being vocal in opposing Israel\u2019s\nmilitary campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon. The Israeli leader argued that\nhis country\u2019s air dominance and the US military posture in the region\nwere an absolute guarantee for the balance of power in the Middle East.\n\u201cI do not think they should be given F-35s or engines for their fighter\njets, because that would upset the balance of power in the Middle East,\nwhich is ultimately guaranteed by Israel\u2019s air superiority,\u201d Netanyahu\ntold Fox News on Monday (6\/7\/2026). \u201cTurkey is a large country, but it\nis led by a man who openly calls for the annihilation of Israel,\u201d\nNetanyahu added, explaining his objection. In response to the pressure,\nTrump instead praised Erdogan\u2019s leadership in front of the media.\nRelations between Trump and Netanyahu have reportedly deteriorated in\nrecent months, as Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon were seen as disrupting\nWashington\u2019s peace talks with Iran. \u201cI have no concerns about anything.\nI mean, he is the leader of a country that he has made a much better\ncountry, a much better country, a much stronger country,\u201d Trump stated.\nTurkey\u2019s Ministry of Defence reacted sharply, accusing Netanyahu of\nwaging a systematic disinformation and propaganda campaign to divert\nglobal attention from international condemnation. US-Turkey relations\nregarding the F-35 programme had previously frozen in 2019 when\nWashington expelled Ankara from the programme for purchasing the S-400\nmissile defence system from Russia. \u201cNetanyahu and his partners in crime\ndeliberately distort every criticism directed at them and seek to divert\nattention through systematic propaganda efforts,\u201d the Turkish Ministry\nof Defence said in an official release on Tuesday.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/trump-rebuffs-netanyahus-bid-to-block-f-35-jet-deal-with-turkey-1783500681",
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