Netanyahu's Request to Trump: Do Not Provide F-35 and Jet Engines to Turkey

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked US President Donald Trump not to provide F-35 and jet engines to Turkey during their telephone conversation. An Israeli television channel, citing US and Israeli officials, claimed that this request was made to Trump, who will visit Turkey as part of the 36th NATO Summit of Heads of State and Government. Netanyahu reportedly expressed his discomfort to Trump over the Turkish government's characterization of Israel's attacks on Gaza as genocide. The Israeli prime minister had also called on the US administration not to provide F-35 and jet engines to Turkey in a statement to Fox News the previous day.