{"id":10646,"date":"2026-07-15T22:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/netanyahu-erdogan-must-not-acquire-weapons\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:30:29","slug":"netanyahu-erdogan-must-not-acquire-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/netanyahu-erdogan-must-not-acquire-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu: “Erdogan must not acquire weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> stated in an interview, according to Pentapostagma<\/em>, that he does not consider the provision of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey appropriate, as Ankara is capable of developing its own weapons systems on its own.<\/p>\n

Israel’s Position on the F-35 and Strategic Stability<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker<\/strong> characterizes as feasible the possibility of an agreement between Washington and Ankara regarding the provision of F-35s, while emphasizing that the law prohibiting cooperation with countries that possess the S-400 system remains in effect.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu and the Middle East<\/h2>\n

Netanyahu stressed that Israel is the only pillar of stability in the Middle East, preventing extremist Islamist forces from conquering the Arabian Peninsula, Jordan, and Egypt.<\/p>\n

Regarding the potential provision of military equipment to Turkey, the Israeli Prime Minister follows a cautious stance, taking into account regional factors.<\/p>\n

Upcoming Visit to the U.S.<\/h2>\n

Netanyahu is set to travel to the United States on Saturday,<\/strong> as announced by a senior Israeli official.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the visit is to participate in memorial events for the late Republican Senator Lindsey Graham<\/strong>, who died on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Although Netanyahu wished<\/strong> to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, it is not certain<\/strong> whether such a meeting will take place, the American official explained.<\/p>\n

Source: Pentapostagma<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mocked Turkey’s bid for F-35 fighter jets, suggesting Ankara should build its own weapons as he travels to the U.S. this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":10645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[173,8320,279,347,926,95,209],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-10646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-f-35-fighter-jets","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","tag-turkey","tag-united-states","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10646"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=10646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}