Area: 22,000 sq km. Population: 9.5m. Prime minister: Binyamin Netanyahu.

There are also five – five! – countries in the Arab Middle East that are officially labeled as "Major non-Nato Allies." The U.S. confers that designation on countries with which it cooperates ...

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