Congressman Emanuel Celler proposed today that the United States conclude a defense pact with the State of Israel and that Israel be admitted as a full fledged member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization–NATO.
In a press conference statement, Rep. Celler declared that the: “omission of Israel from NATO is a serious gap in the free world’s peace insurance. ” He added that a “defensive alliance between Israel and the United States in NATO or otherwise, but preferably within NATO, would release much of the understandable tension in Israel, would build the Middle East’s balance of power and would deter any act of aggression by the Arabs. “
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