Have you ever personally dealt with the Israelis industry in the aviation world? If you have, you wouldn't write stuff like your above quote.
Oh my. You actually missed the sarcasm in my post?
For the record, contrary to the opinions of the nabobs, Israel fully understands what they are getting with F-35 (both good and bad) AND what the various alternatives have to offer. And no, it is NOT just because the US has paid for their F-35s. Those military aid funds could just as easily have procured new (and more) F-15s and F-16s if that is what Israel wanted. But they've made clear they want F-35s, and want them as soon as they can possibly get them,
and they have negotiated changes to the F-35 that no other nation has been able to get that enable the incorporation/integration of indigenous Israeli systems.