Nato seeks greater co-operation with Israel

Nato wants to increase its military co-operation with Israel, especially in the areas of sharing intelligence and fighting the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the alliance’s secretary general said in an interview published today.

But Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told Israel’s Haaretz daily that Nato’s recent focus on the Mediterranean Dialogue, a forum of Israel and six Arab countries, is not “designed as a first step to a future membership”.