Done Deal. Israel to buy F-35's.

A ministerial panel headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak made a final decision Thursday to purchase 20 new F-35 fighter jets, despite opposition from a number of senior defense officials over the high cost of the deal.
Barak gave his go-ahead last month to purchase the jets in a deal valued at around $2.75 billion. The first planes are expected to arrive in 2015.

Read more here.

I luv it!  You know Sweetman is reaching into the back of his cabinet pulling out the real strong stuff after hearing this news.