UAE cancels Israel meeting after Netanyahu opposes F-35 arms dealThe United Arab Emirates canceled a planned trilateral meeting with the U.S. and Israel last Friday to send a message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his opposition to a pending arms deal between the U.S. and UAE, three sources with knowledge of the matter tell me.
Why it matters: Just days after Israel and the UAE announced a landmark normalization deal, there has already been a spike in tensions.
The backstory: Israeli media reported that, as a condition of the deal, Netanyahu signed off on pending sales of F-35 fighter jets to the UAE. He denied those reports and publicly came out against the potential arms deal.
