Trump Turkey Arms Push Raises Israeli F-35 Concerns

Ynet/AP published at 12:29 IDT that President Donald Trump is heading to Ankara for the July 7-8 NATO summit as Erdogan seeks defense gains, including renewed F-35 access and F110 engines for Turkey's KAAN fighter. AP says two people briefed on a nonpublic notice said the State Department moved last week toward more than $700 million in F110 sales despite congressional opposition; Meeks's official statement says the administration bypassed review without emergency justification. Lawler and Sherman led a bipartisan letter urging Trump to keep the F-35 ban while Turkey keeps Russia's S-400 and escalates anti-Israel rhetoric. Israel should press Washington to preserve its qualitative edge and prevent Erdogan from converting NATO hosting into leverage against Jerusalem.