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Post by sevenofnine on Jun 30, 2022 9:48:41 GMT -5
Well don't quote me it might be trueeee Late last week, the king of Jordan made headlines when he told journalists that he would support a military alliance in the Middle East that was similar to NATO. "I would be one of the first people that would endorse a Middle East NATO," King Abdullah II told US media outlet CNBC. "All of us are coming together and saying, 'How can we help each other?' … which is, I think, very unusual for the region." Similar rumors about the creation of an "Arab NATO" also came from other quarters. Earlier last week, Israel's defense minister, Benny Gantz, said Israel had joined a new US-led network that he called the Middle East Air Defense Alliance, or MEAD. Gantz did not specify which Arab nations might also be involved. International media outlets, including Reuters and The Associated Press, were unable to fully verify the Israeli announcement or th www.dw.com/en/a-nato-for-the-middle-east/a-62305810
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