NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has extended an offer to Israeli-Palestinian peace issues on three conditions: if peace between the two nations can be reached, if both parties will help NATO implement the the agreement, and the UN endorses NATO helping the nations.
However, those conditions are very far from being met. Secretary General Fogh Rasmussen spoke with Mr. Netanyahu about getting NATO involved in several Israeli problems, but not much information was given out about what was discussed.
Previous rulers of both Israel and Palestine had agreed on having NATO step in and help in the past, Mr. Netanyahu has expressed the concern that there would have to be some sort of Israeli presence along the eastern boarder in order to create a separate Palestinian state, and that just NATO's third party would not be sufficient to create one.
Israel, however, is the only reliable ally for NATO in the Middle East, and that cooperation between Israel and the alliance needs to be strengthened.
Rasmussen pointed out that as events in Egypt and the Middle East keep unfolding, the possibility of NATO stepping in may increase or decrease, and that ensuring democracy and full human rights is a necessity.
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