For 45 years, Israel has been the only nuclear power in the Middle East and one of four nuclear-armed countries not recognized as a Nuclear Weapons State by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Would someone Please tell Israel if you want to Stop Iran's Centrifuges they would do so only if Israel Accepts to eliminate its Nuclear Weapons. Let us aim for a
Nuclear-Free Middle East
On 19 September
2012, to nobody’s surprise, Shaul Chorev, the director-general of Israel’s
Atomic Energy Commission, announced that his government would not attend an
upcoming conference devoted to establishing a nuclear-free Middle East. The
announcement reaffirmed Israel’s long-standing position that a nuclear-free zone
in the Middle East is a must but Tel Aviv will not take any steps toward
eliminating its nuclear weapons.
Since 1957,
Israel has invested tremendous resources in building up a solid nuclear arsenal
in Dimona. Today, according to various estimates, this stockpile comprises some
100–300 devices, including two-stage thermonuclear warheads and a variety of
delivery systems, the most important of which are modern German-built
submarines, which constitute the backbone of Israel’s second-strike capability.
Shimon Peres,
the architect of Israel’s nuclear program and now Israel’s president,
relentlessly argued in public speeches and writings that Israel needed to
compensate for the large size of the Arab armies with “science” -- a code word
for nuclear arms.
If Israel is
really terrified that Iran acquires weapons of mass destruction, the only way
out for Israel is agreeing to give up its nuclear arsenal. Accepting the calls
for a region free of weapons of mass destruction and joining in a similar
sacrifice by all other regional actors, including Iran, should be the only
option. Only then the world should ask Iran to stop their centrifuges otherwise
the whole global community should shut up.
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