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Aharon Lapidot

How a US-Saudi F-35 deal could shatter Israel’s aerial dominance

Will Washington find a way to preserve the additional edge on which Israeli security policy has relied for decades?

By Aharon Lapidot

5 min read
The Adir F-35I fighter jet during the 'Blue Flag', an international aerial training exercise at the Ovda air force base, Southern Israel, November 11, 2019 (Flash90)
President Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Getty Images)
Donald Trump

Trump confirms US will sell F-35s to Saudi Arabia

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read
US President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Getty Images)
Abraham Accords

Saudi Arabia likely to join Abraham Accords by end of year, says Trump

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read
Trump greets Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The JC Leader

By The JC Leader

Israel’s victory deal could transform the region

3 min read
Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen (right) spoke to JC editor Daniel Schwammenthal (left) (Image: Simona Georgievea)
Abraham Accords

Saudi Arabia ‘is ready to sign Abraham Accords’, former Mossad chief claims

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read
Recovered documents from a Hamas tunnel reveal that one of Yahya Sinwar's motivations for the October 7 attack was to disrupt Israel-Saudi peace talks. (Getty Images)
Hamas

One of Hamas’ October 7 aims was to block Israel-Saudi peace, documents show

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read
A Qatari Boeing 747 sits on the tarmac of Palm Beach International airport. Donald Trump plans to accept a luxury Boeing jet from the Qatari royal family for use as Air Force One (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Melanie Phillips

By Melanie Phillips

Donald Trump’s troubling Middle East fantasy

5 min read

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Trump to lift US sanctions on Syria after Al-Sharaa meeting

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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May 14, 2025 09:36
US President Trump has announced the lifting of sanctions on Syria during a tour of the Middle East (Image: Getty)

Saudi ‘optimistic’ about securing Trump backing for Palestine recognition this week

By Jacob Jaffa

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May 12, 2025 10:15
Saudi officials are reportedly optimistic that Donald Trump will back Palestinian recognition during his regional tour this week (Pictured: Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House in 2018; Image: Getty)

Trump ‘drops Israeli normalisation’ as condition for Saudi nuclear deal

By Jacob Jaffa

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May 9, 2025 09:52
President Trump has reportedly dropped Saudi-Israel normalisation as a condition of a US nuclear deal with the Kingdom (Pictured: Trump speaks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the 2019 G20 summit; Image: Getty)

Macron to link new Gaza ceasefire to Saudi normalisation and hostage releases, French official claims

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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April 17, 2025 11:42
French President Macron is reportedly looking to broker a new Gaza ceasefire, which is set to include normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia (Image: Getty)
Kobi Michael

By Kobi Michael

Neutering Turkish ambition is key to peace in the Middle East

2 min read

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April 16, 2025 08:34
Debris lie on the ground at the scene of an Israeli strike in Syria (Getty)

Arab leaders are slowly realising that Hamas has to go

By Michael Sharnoff

3 min read

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February 21, 2025 17:04
Terrorists at the site of the handover of hostage bodies including those of the Bibas family (Photo by SAEED JARAS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia rules out Israel normalisation under Trump Gaza plan

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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February 5, 2025 12:38
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has confirmed that the Kingdom will not normalise relations with Israel until a Palestinian state is established in response to US President Trump's Gaza plan (Image: Getty)

To hit the drug-addled Houthis, Mossad could remove their stash

By Yossi Melman

5 min read

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January 29, 2025 12:54
Houthis raise their rifles along with a yellow flag of Lebanon's Hezbollah in protest against Israel's military action in Lebanon and Gaza.(Getty Images)

Israel’s new US ambassador suggests Saudi normalisation on the brink

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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January 28, 2025 17:27
Yechiel Leiter has hinted that Israeli-Saudi normalisation is be 'closer than ever' (Image: X/Yechiel Leiter)
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