Barak tells Clinton abrogation of Falcon deal

The first channel at the Israeli TV said that the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will inform the US President Bill Clinton during the Camp David Summit that Israel will abrogate the Falcon plane deal with China.

The correspondent of the Israeli TV Ehud Yaari said that Israel will announce this position later on the ground that Israel is " reconsidering " this deal.

Earlier Washington had called on Israel to cancel this deal it finds as a threat to the force balance between the US allies, including Taiwan and China.