US notifies $25B F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia; Israel seeks compensation

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

The U.S. notified the Prime Minister's Office of a planned $25 billion F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia, an Israeli official confirmed to Walla. Israel will now push for compensation: systems Washington has refused to sell until now, participation in classified weapons programs, space-based weapons, and joint development of Arrow 4 and Arrow 5 interceptors. A source said the IDF would prefer no other country in the region get the stealth fighter. Even if signed soon, Riyadh's first jets arrive only i