Israel Should Acknowledge Its Own Nuclear Program
Instead of focusing solely on Iran, the international community should examine Israel's purported nuclear arsenal and its refusal to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Last night, Oct. 2, I watched the Charlie Rose interview with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During the interview, at least five times Netanyahu repeated his description of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Then he added that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the “wolf in wolf’s clothing.” Thus concluding that both are wolves!
During his interview he elaborated on his speech at the UN General Assembly, hoping that repeating his arrogant diktats would be more persuasive. Apparently, it doesn’t look like he succeeded.
This morning, Oct. 3, in The Washington Post, the well-known columnist Walter Pincus stated: “It’s time for Israel to stop making military threats and to propose an imaginative diplomatic move — risky as it may seem — to help ease nuclear tensions in the Middle East. It can start by acknowledging its own nuclear weapons program.”
In my blog on Oct. 1, I stated: “It is a paradox that Netanyahu wants the Obama administration to demand specific steps in a time that he seeks simultaneously to prevent any inspection of the Dimona facility in Israel where atomic nuclear weapons are. It is strange also that the prime minister of Israel should be so worried and outspoken about the possibility of Iran having a nuclear weapon when Israel never signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) while Iran has; and yet to undermine President Rouhani’s credibility at this juncture is mind-boggling.”
