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Cabinet minister Avigdor Lieberman (Tomer Appelbaum)
Last update - 09:36 01/01/2007
Avigdor Lieberman: Israel should press to join NATO, EU
By Haaretz Service

Cabinet minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday that Israel should work actively toward joining NATO and the European Union.

"Israel's diplomatic and security goal ... must be clear: joining NATO and entering the European Union."

According to Lieberman, "The war we are waging in the Middle East is not a war of the state of Israel alone, it is a war of the entire free world, and we are situated on the front lines."

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Lieberman, minister for strategic threats, is one of the nation's most outspoken hawks, often enraging rightists as well as leftists with such proposals as swapping land with the Palestinian Authority in order to place large numbers of Israeli Arabs outside the borders of the state.

Speaking to Israel Radio, he dismissed suggestions that joining NATO or the EU would compromise Israel's freedom of action in fighting terrorism.

"Today, Palestinian terrorism is part of the worldwide jihad. Palestinian terrorism is fueled by Al Qaida, the Iranians and Hezbollah. It is not [solely] Palestinian terrorism.

"There is no doubt that membership in NATO would still afford us 100 percent freedom in military activity."

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  1.   No way! 08:51  |  wibism 01/01/07
  2.   Free movement within the EU 09:09  |  Joseph 01/01/07
  3.   Its not a war of the entire world. Israel created this war 09:12  |  Guy From NYC 01/01/07
  4.   I start to like this guy 09:12  |  Swiss (Dino) 01/01/07
  5.   Cheap populism 09:16  |  Asylum Aleikum 01/01/07
  6.   EU - got to be kidding!!! 09:22  |  keith 01/01/07
  7.   He cannot be serious. Really! 09:32  |  Natallie Durson 01/01/07
  8.   Israel in the EU? 09:41  |  Simon 01/01/07
  9.   Lieberman and NATO !!!! 09:55  |  Esther 01/01/07
  10.   Psychotic episodes 09:57  |  RW 01/01/07
  11.   Israel unacceptable 10:03  |  David Howard 01/01/07
  12.   no we are a nation that dwell alone 10:04  |  flashman 01/01/07
  13.   veteran america hater natallie durson 10:08  |  yirmi 01/01/07
  14.   To #4 I start to like this guy. No to EU 10:08  |  doronalias@mac.com 01/01/07
  15.   #2 Joseph: "Free movement within the EU" 10:09  |  keith 01/01/07
  16.   Yes, come on into the European Union, Israel 10:24  |  Clickfool 01/01/07
  17.   No chance of NATO admission, however 10:25  |  Clickfool 01/01/07
  18.   Geography Lesson 10:26  |  Yaela Katz 01/01/07
  19.   #3 TURKEY PRACTICES APARTHEID NYGUY 10:26  |  paul harris 01/01/07
  20.   32 WHOEVER SAID THE EU HAD BRAIN TO CREATE IT ? 10:29  |  paul harris 01/01/07
  21.   EU-yes , NATO-no 10:32  |  Alicia 01/01/07
  22.   Lieberman Wisdom! 10:32  |  Jews for peace 01/01/07
  23.   Lieberman Is A Cunning Politician 10:37  |  Terry 01/01/07
  24.   EU "anti-Semitic" ? 10:42  |  JW 01/01/07
  25.   Lieberman sounds scared to me 10:44  |  Judith in Haifa 01/01/07
  26.   #7, "too much baggage," says Natallie 10:54  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/01/07
  27.   TO #15 KEITH on "Free Movement" 10:59  |  Alicia 01/01/07
  28.   Want NATO to defend Israel`s borders? 10:59  |  Pablo B 01/01/07
  29.   Question for Jews for Peace # 22 11:02  |  Clickfool 01/01/07
  30.   No thanks, Cipora # 26 11:09  |  Clickfool 01/01/07
  31.   ohhhh baby! lol...watch out for this guy! 11:10  |  eric 01/01/07
  32.   why would the EU allow the US to control Europe via 11:11  |  European 01/01/07
  33.   #23 OH PLEASE TERRY - INFLUENCE-ITS NOT APRIL 1ST 11:11  |  paul harris 01/01/07
  34.   Paul Harris 11:14  |  Turk 01/01/07
  35.   # 18 bravo yaela!---very well put... 11:18  |  eric 01/01/07
  36.   NEVER 11:23  |  Antihypocrite 01/01/07
  37.   The classic Napoleon complex . . . 11:23  |  revoltop 01/01/07
  38.   Joining NATO 11:27  |  Dan 01/01/07
  39.   Clickfool #8 11:28  |  Silvia 01/01/07
  40.   L-evil-man 11:29  |  Stephen Connor 01/01/07
  41.   Wrong , Israel must not Join NATO 11:36  |  Joseph E . 01/01/07
  42.   very important 11:39  |  kel 01/01/07
  43.   # 19 paul harris--i do believe with this one... 11:40  |  eric 01/01/07
  44.   oh i forgot 11:41  |  kel 01/01/07
  45.   #30, clicky 11:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 01/01/07
  46.   Israel in the EU 11:44  |  David 01/01/07
  47.   clickfool 11:44  |  Alex 01/01/07
  48.   # 26 i can`t help this one either cipora julianna kohn 11:51  |  eric 01/01/07
  49.   A great idea 11:52  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  50.   For Silvia # 39 11:54  |  Clickfool 01/01/07
  51.   Israel`s struggle is our struggle 12:01  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  52.   #4 OK TURK YOURE EXCUSED 12:03  |  paul harris 01/01/07
  53.   2. Joseph: Free movement within the EU 12:07  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  54.   #43 ERIC RUB THE SLEEP FROM YOUR EYES 12:09  |  paul harris 01/01/07
  55.   3. Guy From NYC: It is a war Islam has declared the free World 12:10  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  56.   5. Asylum Aleikum: No burden 12:16  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  57.   #46 David in Switzerland 12:16  |  Alicia 01/01/07
  58.   31 REVOLTING WW1 WAS TO BEOVER IN 6 MONTHS 12:16  |  paul harris 01/01/07
  59.   Forget about that!!!! 12:17  |  bschnider 01/01/07
  60.   348 WHY ERIC BECAUSE ONLY THE BRITISH AND USA PROVIDE FIGHTING SO 12:18  |  paul harris 01/01/07
  61.   2. Joseph: Free movement within the EU 12:20  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  62.   Yes, joisn, together with the PA, and Armenia, and Georgia ... 12:21  |  Andreas 01/01/07
  63.   Israel = Europe ! 12:23  |  Paul Henzen 01/01/07
  64.   21. Alicia: Yes to both 12:23  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  65.   Israel in EuU, NATO 12:25  |  Avi Yerushalmi 01/01/07
  66.   Alicia 27 - botun beag 12:26  |  Liam Evans 01/01/07
  67.   EU is part of problem 12:32  |  ZionistNation 01/01/07
  68.   Israel EU, no way 12:36  |  Dav 01/01/07
  69.   Clickfool #50 12:38  |  Silvia 01/01/07
  70.   32 European: EU should allow Israel in 12:38  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  71.   OBVIOUSLY Liberman knows the EU Nato requirements 12:39  |  PETERSM 01/01/07
  72.   For Cipora # 45 12:39  |  Clickfool 01/01/07
  73.   # 54 ja mein...errr...i mean yes paul...what you say 12:42  |  eric 01/01/07
  74.   44. kel 12:45  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  75.   Lieberman is right 12:48  |  Jean 01/01/07
  76.   no no no paul harris; its still # 43...not 31... 12:50  |  eric 01/01/07
  77.   TO #66 LIAM in HOLLAND 12:51  |  Alicia 01/01/07
  78.   Europe will soon be Arab. we don`t need any jews 12:53  |  European Arab 01/01/07
  79.   # 62 Andreas, start convincing the Swiss ! 12:53  |  Paul Henzen 01/01/07
  80.   Lieberman`s suggestion 12:53  |  sh 01/01/07
  81.   # 67 ZionistNation - If you had a choice... 13:00  |  Paul Henzen 01/01/07
  82.   TO #64 KUTW 13:00  |  Alicia 01/01/07
  83.   Welcome 13:02  |  Viking 01/01/07
  84.   Avigdor should be pressed to leave the government of Israel 13:02  |  Jack Sparrow 01/01/07
  85.   Henzen`s cultural bubble 13:04  |  sh 01/01/07
  86.   # 73 Eric - stop your germanophobia ! 13:10  |  Paul Henzen 01/01/07
  87.   82. Alicia 13:14  |  KUTW 01/01/07
  88.   #78 European Arab 13:15  |  sh 01/01/07
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