PM raises concerns over Turkish officials’ rhetoric and says Israel must preserve air superiority as Washington weighs selling F-35 jets to AnkaraAccording to Netanyahu's office, the prime minister warned Trump about what it described as the "severity" of recent statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and senior Turkish officials.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Donald Trump arrive at the NATO summit in Ankara (Video: Reuters)Netanyahu also stressed "the need for security zones along Israel's borders," the statement said, after Trump remarked this week that he believed Israel wanted to withdraw from southern Lebanon.The call came after Trump publicly praised Erdogan during the NATO summit in Ankara, where the two leaders appeared together and Trump suggested Turkey could eventually receive the fifth-generation stealth fighter jets.Trump also praised his relationship with the Turkish leader. "We've had right from the beginning, good chemistry. We've had a very special relationship," he said. "Turkey has become, under the president, a very powerful country militarily. People don't know how powerful, actually."GalleryUS President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Shutterstock, Prime Minister's Office)Trump also said he planned to lift U.S. sanctions imposed on Turkey over its purchase of Russia's S-400 air defense system. "You don't want to sanction friends," he said.Netanyahu's office also referred to recent comments by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who told CNN Türk that "Israel has become a problem for the entire international community."Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (Photo: Karim JAAFAR / AFP)"Israel is no longer just Turkey's problem," Fidan said. "It has become the world's problem. The Israeli authorities have become a burden that humanity can no longer bear.""The war has not ended. There are new challenges," Netanyahu said without mentioning Turkey by name. "Maintaining air superiority is a fundamental pillar of Israel's national security doctrine. It is key to preserving stability in the turbulent Middle East."