Netanyahu says Israel will keep ‘qualitative advantage’ despite F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that the United States has assured his country’s “qualitative advantage” in the Middle East despite the President Trump’s plan to sell F-35 advanced fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. The sale concerned Israeli and some U.S. officials about whether it could destabilize Israel’s so-called qualitative military edge (QME),…