Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Israel seeks sale of fighter jets to Greece

Today's Zaman
December 15, 2010

A senior Israeli defense delegation from the Israeli Defense Ministry and local military industries reportedly traveled to Greece this week to discuss a possible deal to sell F-16 fighter jets.

Israel’s Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli officials on Sunday that this deal has been in progress for several months already, since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic visit to Greece this August.

Israel and Greece, both Turkey’s rivals, have conducted several joint air drills in the past year following a debacle in diplomatic and military relations between Turkey and the Jewish state particularly following the flotilla incident, an Israeli bungle over an aid boat that left nine civilians killed. Greece has long complained of the flights of Turkish fighter jets over the Aegean, what it calls a “violation of its airspace.”

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