PM raises concerns over Turkish officials’ rhetoric and says Israel must preserve air superiority as Washington weighs selling F-35 jets to Ankara

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised concerns with U.S. President Donald Trump over Turkey during a phone call Thursday, his office said, after the U.S. president signaled he was considering selling advanced F-35 fighter jets to Ankara.

According to Netanyahu’s office, the prime minister warned Trump about what it described as the “severity” of recent statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and senior Turkish officials.

Netanyahu also stressed “the need for security zones along Israel’s borders,” the statement said, after Trump remarked this week that he believed Israel wanted to withdraw from southern Lebanon.

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