Netanyahu warns US should not sell F-35s to Turkish regime 'infected by Muslim Brotherhood'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that if the US gives Turkey F-35 fighter jets, it may upset the balance of power in the Middle East and threaten Israeli air superiority in the region during an interview with Fox and Friends on Monday.
“Turkey is a great country, but it's governed by a man who calls openly for the annihilation of Israel,” Netanyahu said in reference to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “He occupies half of Cyprus, a NATO country. He's threatening Greece, another NATO country, and he talks openly about conquering Jerusalem.”
He drew attention to the presence and influence of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group in Turkey, asserting that Ankara’s leadership is “a regime infected by the Muslim Brotherhood,” that “hates America and chants death to America.”
Netanyahu added that giving Ankara F-35s or fighter jet engines would “upset the power balance in the Middle East, which is ultimately guaranteed by Israeli air superiority and also by, I think, by America's posture in the Middle East.”
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