March 10, 2006
Spain’s former prime minister José María Aznar has said that Israel should become a member of NATO. If Israel becomes part of the Western alliance, Iran “will behave differently,” Aznar told a conference organized by Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, one of NATO’s two military commands. Aznar headed Spain's government from 1996 to 2004. He was a strong supported of US President George Bush's Iraq campaign. In recent months, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, has alluded repeatedly to a desire to destroy Israel. NATO officials have said that the issue of Israel joining the alliance was not under consideration at the moment.
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