{"id":44392,"date":"2021-01-05T09:25:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T09:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=44392"},"modified":"2021-01-05T09:25:06","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T09:25:06","slug":"egypt-urges-gerd-agreement-ahead-of-reservoir-filling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=44392","title":{"rendered":"Egypt urges GERD agreement ahead of reservoir filling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"47\">\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">\nIsrael\u2019s defense minister said on Monday that he wants the country to buy a third squadron of stealth F-35 warplanes from the US, and that he hoped a deal could be clinched before President Donald Trump steps down on Jan. 20.<br \/>Israel has been in talks with Washington on how to preserve its military advantage after the Trump administration approved a possible F-35 sale to the United Arab Emirates last year. The plane was previously available only to Israel in the region.<br \/>\u201cWithout doubt, we need to expand the F-35 array. Right now we have two squadrons. I reckon we will expand that. That is what I requested of the Americans,\u201d Defense Minister Benny Gantz told Ynet TV.<br \/>\u201cI would buy another F-35 squadron and then examine what to do with the balance \u2014 continuing to expand the F-35 (procurement), going for F-15s?\u201c<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-block block-wrapper block-custom-bg padding-1 bottom-spacer--m\">\n<h4>\n<strong><span class=\"chars-style\">HIGH<\/span>LIGHT<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"block-content\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<div class=\"with-separator\" readability=\"8\">\n<p>\n<strong>Gantz did not specify the number of F-35s in the proposed new squadron. Defense officials have said the two squadrons already ordered by Israel consist of 50 planes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">\nGantz did not specify the number of F-35s in the proposed new squadron. Defense officials have said the two squadrons already ordered by Israel consist of 50 planes.<br \/>Gantz\u2019s coalition government with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fell apart last month, triggering a March 23 ballot. Both men remain in their posts until a new government is formed after the ballot.<br \/>Asked if Israel might complete a defense procurement deal with the United States before Trump steps down, he said: \u201cI hope so. I think the defense budget needs to be handled properly, to be safeguarded. It is a kind of active insurance policy.\u201d<br \/>The F-35 is made by Lockheed Martin Corp. and the F-15 by Boeing Co.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s defense minister said on Monday that he wants the country to buy a third squadron of stealth F-35 warplanes from the US, and that he hoped a deal could be clinched before President Donald Trump steps down on Jan. 20.Israel has been in talks with Washington on how to preserve its military advantage after&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}