I mean, I’m pretty sure Yugoslavia was never a part of the North Atlantic area. Unless we’re counting the Mediterranean Sea. But I don’t think that helps the argument here…
The North Atlantic area is defined in an expansive, but not unlimited, manner. The treaty defines the North Atlantic area as:
all of North America
The Atlantic ocean, including islands, north of the Tropic of Cancer
the “home” territory of any European member.
So, Turkey is at the extreme flank of the area, by having a bit of core territory in Europe. All of Turkey’s territory is covered, though, even the parts not in Europe.
Palestine is not eligible to join the alliance, because its territory is not in Europe or North America.
Some other tidbits: Guam, Hawaii, the Falkland Islands, Reunion, and the British Indian Ocean Territory are all examples of member territories that are not protected because they fall outside the North Atlantic area.
To my knowledge israel is not in the north atlantic so why they express support for a settler colonialism project? Yugoslavia where they intervened was not in the north atlantic area either
Ok, but does that do anything, like force NATO countries to treat it any differently or trigger some article somewhere? Pardon my ignorance.
I don’t know either but it seems Israel government is furious about it, so I guess it’s already a win.
Israel is a good actor
Nope, not at all.
No. This isn’t a NATO thing. NATO is pretty much only concerned with the security of the North Atlantic area.
After recognising the state of Palestine, these countries can proceed to exchange ambassadors with Palestine.
I mean, I’m pretty sure Yugoslavia was never a part of the North Atlantic area. Unless we’re counting the Mediterranean Sea. But I don’t think that helps the argument here…
The North Atlantic area is defined in an expansive, but not unlimited, manner. The treaty defines the North Atlantic area as:
So, Turkey is at the extreme flank of the area, by having a bit of core territory in Europe. All of Turkey’s territory is covered, though, even the parts not in Europe.
Palestine is not eligible to join the alliance, because its territory is not in Europe or North America.
Some other tidbits: Guam, Hawaii, the Falkland Islands, Reunion, and the British Indian Ocean Territory are all examples of member territories that are not protected because they fall outside the North Atlantic area.
To my knowledge israel is not in the north atlantic so why they express support for a settler colonialism project? Yugoslavia where they intervened was not in the north atlantic area either
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_219309.htm