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NATO okays pact to boost security, political ties with Israel
By Barak Ravid
Tags: NATO, security, Tzipi Livni 

NATO has authorized a pact to strengthen and expand Israel's security and political relations with the states in the military alliance.

The authorization of the Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) came ahead of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's meeting with her counterparts in NATO member states.

The ICP incorporates a number of areas in which full cooperation between Israel and NATO will be established, including the fight against terror.
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The agreement allows for an exchange of intelligence information and security expertise on different subjects, an increase in the number of joint Israel-NATO military exercises and further cooperation in the fight against nuclear proliferation. It also paves the way for an improvement of collaboration in the fields of rearmament and logistics and Israel's electronic link to the NATO system.

Livni hailed the treaty as giving the security cooperation between the Israel and the alliance real operational significance.

"Israel's security capabilities are a household name and we see the strengthening of cooperation between Israel and the international security body as a strategic objective that reinforces Israel," she said.

The foreign minister added that, "Israel is a power within the international index when it comes to the army and its capabilities in the fight against terror; the whole world recognizes this and the expansion of cooperation between Israel and NATO as it was expressed this morning is important proof of this."


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      2.   #1 - We do not need their love, just decent behavior 15:23  |  17 02/12/08
      3.   Why do we need Nato 16:53  |  Ralph Levy 02/12/08
      4.   Good move for NATO. Israel must take care to stay independent 17:07  |  Realist 02/12/08
      5.   don`t make me laugh 17:50  |  look out it`s nato 02/12/08
      6.   What BS! 18:12  |  Magnus K. 02/12/08
      7.   #6 Norway 18:23  |  Ralph Levy 02/12/08
      8.   response to magnus 19:22  |  doesitmatter 02/12/08
      9.   Magnus - BS 19:24  |  ed stoler 02/12/08
      10.   No. 1 NATO 19:43  |  Gerald 02/12/08
      11.   #10 20:23  |  Ralph Levy 02/12/08
      12.   NATO drifting badly away from 21:17  |  Mark Lincoln 02/12/08
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      14.   # 7 ralph 21:47  |  Axel 02/12/08
      15.   To ralph (9) 00:21  |  Magnus K. 03/12/08
      16.   It is time to replace NATO 01:30  |  David G 03/12/08
      17.   Mark Lincoln, I could not agree more. 02:39  |  Magnus K. 03/12/08
      18.   #12 Mark Lincoln 05:07  |  Franco 03/12/08
      19.   #13 Axel 05:18  |  Franco 03/12/08
      20.   #14 Axel 05:23  |  Franco 03/12/08
      21.   NATO is transforming... 06:20  |  BBSNews 03/12/08
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