- Over the past 60 years, the racist regime of Israel has
been continually scoffing at the international community under the cover
of "deliberate ambiguity" to develop one of the most perilous
nuclear arsenals in the world. According to the Federation of American
Scientists, Israel possesses more than 200 nuclear warheads which are simply
adequate to evaporate the whole world in a matter of moments.
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- Israel which is the only possessor of nuclear weapons
in the Middle East and one of the three non-signatories to the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty has blatantly rejected the appeal of the 189 signatories
of the NPT, including its key ally the United States, to sign up to the
treaty and put its nuclear facilities under the comprehensive safeguards
of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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- The 2010 NPT review conference which wrapped up on May
28 in New York and was attended by the representatives from the NPT member
states called on the five United Nations Security Council permanent members
to move towards eliminating their nuclear arsenals and affirmed the necessity
of Israel's joining the treaty and abiding by its international obligations
with regards to nuclear non-proliferation.
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- Zionist officials, however, rejected the appeal and resorted
to the excuse that Israel is not signatory to the NPT, so they're not legally
obliged to reveal the information related to their nuclear arsenal, nor
are they responsible for reducing their atomic weapons, let alone eliminating
them whatsoever.
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- Israel which has been recurrently given impunity from
international laws by the United States and enjoyed imperviousness to any
kind of legal and judicial responsibility before the international community
with regards to its criminal acts of mass murder, ethnic cleansing and
collective punishment is now reminding the public opinions of the chauvinistic
and mischievous apartheid regime of South Africa which was ruled by the
National Party government between 1948 and 1994.
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- Israeli regime which has killed more than 6,300 Palestinians
since the September 2000 and demolished more than 24,000 Palestinian homes
since 1967 as a part of its expansionistic policy of extending its borders
from the Nile to the Euphrates has been subject to 65 UN resolutions since
its establishment which include resolutions that legally obligate Israel
to annihilate its nuclear arsenal. The UNSC resolution 487 which was adopted
on June 19, 1981 explicitly called "upon Israel urgently to place
its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards".
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- On September 23, 1987, 12 IAEA members including Iran
submitted a draft resolution to the IAEA General Conference titled "Israeli
Nuclear Capabilities and Threat" which demanded that Israel place
all its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards in compliance with the
Security Council Resolution 487 of 1981. It also requested the IAEA director
general to consider the implementation of provisions in the UN General
Assembly resolutions 41/12 and 41/93 in which Israel was officially asked
to legalize its illegal nuclear activities.
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- In an October 29, 1986 resolution, the UN General Assembly
had called upon Israel to urgently place all of its nuclear facilities
under the IAEA supervision and commit itself to avoid attacking the nuclear
facilities of other countries. This resolution was adopted in support of
the UNSC 487 resolution after a squadron of Israeli F-16A jetfighter aircraft
bombed and destructed Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor on June 7, 1981.
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- Since then, Israel has been recurrently under the pressure
of independent nations who couldn't tolerate the double standards of the
U.S. and Israel with regards to nuclear non-proliferation. Israel has been
asked and demanded a number of times, by various international organizations
and IAEA member states, to move towards nuclear disarmament; however, the
irrational leaders of the Israeli regime adamantly stuck to their excuse
that Israel is not an IAEA signatory and hence would not be necessarily
responsible to heed the calls.
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- Israel's explicit violation of UNSC resolution 487 and
its inattentiveness to the final resolution of the NPT 2010 review conference
however, has been supported by the United States which has discriminatorily
disregarded the demand of the NPT signatories who want a nuclear-free Middle
East.
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- In a statement released last Friday, the U.S. National
Security Advisor Gen. James L. Jones unambiguously supported Israel's possession
of nuclear weapons: "The United States will not permit a conference
or actions that could jeopardize Israel's national security. We will not
accept any approach that singles out Israel or sets unrealistic expectations."
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- The message transmitted by General Jones was clear and
unequivocal. Israel's national security is hinged on its ownership of nuclear
weapons. Should Israel annihilate its nuclear arsenal, its frail security
will be threatened seriously. Expecting that Israel abides by its international
obligations is unrealistic, because Israel has never been a realistic regime.
Its very foundation was based on imaginary pedestals and its flimsy existence
continues to be imaginary. Singling out Israel is not accepted, because
a nuclear-free Middle East means the overthrow of Israel's apartheid regime.
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- The Government of Israel published a statement on Saturday
night that transparently exhibited Israel's impunity from any kind of international
law: "As a non-signatory state of the NPT, Israel is not obligated
by the decisions of this Conference, which has no authority over Israel.
Given the distorted nature of this resolution, Israel will not be able
to take part in its implementation."
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- This statement was clearly an invitation to global revolt
by the regime of Israel. If a country is not a signatory to the NPT, then
it would be exempted from nuclear obligations, so it can possess nuclear
weapons; therefore, "O! You countries who want to hold nuclear weapons;
pull out of the NPT and exempt yourself from its compulsions. You can freely
possess nuclear weapons, should you be a non-signatory to NPT. That makes
you free. Become liberated!"
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- However, the interesting section of the story is that
not only will Israel move towards nuclear disarmament, but it has plans
to expand its nuclear capability. A 2002 book published by the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace titled "Deadly Arsenals" revealed
that Israel is attempting to arm its diesel submarines with nuclear cruise
missiles: "Published reports going back to 1998 describe Israel's
acquisition of diesel submarines and testing of cruise missiles. Israel
"is believed to have deployed" 100 Jericho short-range and medium
range missiles that are nuclear capable."
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- In a September 24, 2009 blog post, the renowned British
writer and human rights activists alludes to his country's negligence with
regards to Israel's growing nuclear arsenal. He explains that one of his
friends working in MI6 has told him that the Israeli nuclear capacity is
greater than that of Britain by 2009. Murray then goes on to criticize
the British ex-Premier Gordon Brown who never told a single word about
Israel's nuclear weapons, but ironically stated that his country would
move towards nuclear disarmament: "I am very pleased that Brown has
put the UK's nuclear weapons into disarmament talks and has endorsed the
goal of eliminating nuclear weapons. But with Israel not a party to any
of the treaties, and with Brown and Obama refusing to admit even that the
World's fourth largest nuclear arsenal exists, I can only presume they
believe that nobody should possess nuclear weapons - except Israel."
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