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Option 3 : Both 1 and 2

The correct answer is option 3, i.e Both 1 and 2.

NATO

  • The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance.
  • It is an international organisation for collective security established on April 4, 1949, by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.
  • Its headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium.
  • As of 2020, there are 30 member states, with North Macedonia becoming the latest member to join the alliance in 2020.
  • Relations between NATO and Ukraine date back to the early 1990s and have since developed into one of the most substantial of NATO’s partnerships.
  • Since 2014, in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, cooperation has been intensified in critical areas.
  • Ukraine joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council in 1991 and the Partnership for Peace programme in 1994.
  • Cooperation has deepened over time and is interdependent with Ukraine actively contributing to NATO-led operations and missions.
  • Through the Comprehensive Assistance Package for Ukraine endorsed by the NATO-Ukraine Commission at the NATO Summit in Warsaw in 2016, NATO’s defence ministers agreed to boost support for Ukraine with a comprehensive package of assistance which can help it strengthen defence and to modernize its armed forces. Hence statement 1 is correct.

Israel - Palestine conflict

  • Jerusalem is a holy city for the Three Abrahamic religions viz, Judaism, Christianity and Islam representing different periods of its history.
  • By 1917, it fell to the British and then they had to guard or protect the region under League of Nations mandate.
  • UN had a partition plan for the region by 1947. It had designated Jerusalem as a special international zone.
  • But soon in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948, Israel occupied the western part and Jordan the eastern part of Jerusalem.
  • The East was to be later annexed by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967.
  • This annexation wasn't accepted by the international community and it still considers East Jerusalem as a part of Palestine territory
  • Recently Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he was reviving a plan for the construction of 3,000 dwelling units for Jewish settlers in a Palestinian neighbourhood of East Jerusalem. Hence statement 2 is correct.
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