{
  "id": 8248565,
  "title": "Trump Advances More Than $27 Billion in Saudi and Israeli Arms Deals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/trump-advances-more-than-27-billion-in-saudi-and-israeli-arms-deals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T12:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Trump-Advances-More-Than-27-Billion-in-Saudi-and-Israeli-Arms-Deals.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Trump announced a $27 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia and Israel in November 2025. This included 48 F-35 fighter jets, 49 engines, and support equipment for Saudi Arabia. Congress has 30 days to object, though a veto-proof two-thirds vote would be needed to halt the deal. Israel received a separate $2.8 billion sale, including heavy bombs and missiles, funded by US taxpayer money. The arrangement allows Israel to buy American weapons using American funds without paying them back. Additionally, the deal follows previous large-scale purchases from Israel, funded similarly through the US government's Foreign Military Financing system.",
  "summary": "Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Poland's state-controlled refiner, Orlen, lost $230 million on a Venezuelan crude deal the moment it wired the money with no collateral and no bank guarantee. Orlen's Swiss trading arm signed a $345 million contract with Dubai-based Hannon International on November 29, 2023, for six million barrels of Venezuelan crude, and sent the $230 million advance within five…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}