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Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz

Israeli Cabinet Minister Yuval Steinitz said Tuesday that he is “not worried” about the ramification of an American deal to sell F-35 stealth combat jets to the United Arab Emirates. (Photo, Hadas Parush / Flash 90)

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“I assume the Americans are developing the means to overcome the aircraft’s “evasive” ability,” Steinitz said according to IDF Galei Tzahal Army Radio. “It would be a good thing for them to share that with us,” he said.

“In any case, the F-35 doesn’t have enough of a range to reach Israel from the United Arab Emirates,” Steinitz added.

However, IDF Lt.-Col. (res.) and combat helicopter pilot Oren Peled responded to Steinitz in a post on Twitter, “If the range exists from Israel to Iran, the range also exists from the United Arab Emirates to Israel; they also have refueling points along the way and it may not even be necessary to refuel in the air.”


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.