It is unclear if the Congress will try to prevent the sale of the weapons to the Gulf state, which might contradict a legal obligation of the US to ensure that Israel maintains a “qualitative military edge” over the rest of the regional powers.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the State Department has approved the sale of the advanced military equipment to the United Arab Emirates, which includes a batch of 50 F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighter jets. The State Department notified the Congress of the government’s intent to sell over $23 billion worth of weapons to the Gulf state.
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