NATO chief says alliance won’t aid Israel if Iran attacks

NATO chief says alliance won’t aid Israel if Iran attacks

NATO’s secretary-general said Saturday that the alliance wouldn’t come to Israel’s defense in case of attack by Iran, The Times of Israel reports.

Jens Stoltenberg told the magazine Der Spiegel that Israel is a partner, but not a member and that NATO’s “security guarantee” doesn’t apply to the Jewish state.

NATO’s treaty requires the alliance to militarily defend members nations, of which there are 28, but not partner ones. Still, partner states regularly contribute to NATO operations such as those in Afghanistan and naval missions off Somalia and in the Mediterranean Sea.

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