Sunday, December 23, 2012

Israel and Turkey

""NATO is a consensus-based organization where any one of its 28 full members can veto a proposal, though often opposition is conveyed through informal channels. However, as Turkey's request for the Patriot systems was approved by NATO and deployment began, a NATO work plan for 2013 that would include Israeli participation in a range of courses and conferences went through. Israeli officials don't think the timing was a coincidence.""