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The debate over a new strategic alignment for Israel has received further momentum since the first visit of a NATO Secretary General to Israel in February, 2005. Israel must ask itself if a stronger presence in the Euro-Atlantic community would better serve its security than the political unilateralism which it largely exercises at present. Israel has always been loathe to take on coalition commitments, as political autonomy is one of the guiding principles of its actions. Since the Six-Day War (1967), a special partnership has developed with the USA, which annually provides Israel with, among other things, up to three billion US dollars in economic and military support.