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https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/netanyahu-defends-u-s-aid-deal-we-were-never-offered-more-money-1.5437519

Quote:Netanyahu Defends U.S. Aid Deal: 'We Were Never Offered More Money'
Prime minister rejects criticism of agreement, says it constitutes 'ungratefulness' toward United States.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected criticism of the U.S. military aid agreement signed last week, saying on Sunday that it was constitutes "ungratefulness" toward Washington.



Netanyahu, speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, said he was hearing what he said were "background noises and misinformation regarding the agreement."

Last week, former Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak launched an all-out assault on Netanyahu over the military aid agreement signed a day earlier. After publishing a scathing article in the Washington Post, in the evening Barak gave no less than seven interviews in three hours to the media in Israel, in which he argued that Netanyahu had signed a bad agreement that had done damage to Israel’s security.


"I wish to clarify: We were never offered more," Netanyahu said. "We weren't offered more money, not even one dollar more, and we weren’t offered special technologies. These are falsifications and fabrications by those with vested interests, they either aren’t familiar with the facts, or they are falsifying the facts, and they are of course also conveying ungratefulness, and that's the saddest part in my opinion, ungratefulness toward our biggest and best friend, the United States."

Netanyahu added: "this is an agreement that will greatly strengthen Israel's security, and it's only fitting that we welcome it and also express our gratitude to the United States."