(Globes) - Dror Marom The Bush administration has informed Israeli officials in Washington that it opposes Israel's selling three Phalcon AWACS planes to India. Reports from Washington claim that the administration informed Israel that the $1 billion special military grant was contingent on canceling the Phalcon deal with India, which is worth almost $1 billion. In 1999, under pressure from President Bill Clinton, then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak cancelled a deal to sell four Phalcon planes to China.
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