Sources familiar with the negotiations say a working idea was for Israeli air defenses to be able to detect the UAE F-35s with technology that effectively defeats the stealth capabilities of the jets
Despite signs of shifting Arab support, Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said the underlying Palestinian strategy for achieving a state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza would not change.
Last year Bahrain had hosted the Trump administration’s Peace to Prosperity economic conference for the Middle East, which had Israeli participants in attendance.