What do you know about the Israeli weapons of massdestruction?
Israel has never confessed about its secret nuclear, chemicaland biological programs and has positioned itself outsideinternational treaties, which would make the country subject toinspection.
Why does Israel insist on developing such programs withoutregard for the threat to peace in the region? What are the aims andpurposes behind Israel's possession of weapons of massdestruction?
The Israelis claim that the possession of weapons of massdestruction is necessary to create strategic deterrence to ensuretheir existence. Thus, the presence of such weapons prevents Arabcountries from collectively attacking Israel and wiping it out.
But Arab countries don't have the means to attack Israel anddestroy it. The huge Israeli military arsenal -- compared to thatof the Arab countries -- creates major discrepancies in the balanceof power in the Middle East.
The increasing Israeli nuclear capability goes beyond what theIsraelis need to maintain their security. Nuclear nonproliferationanalysts estimated that Israel has between 100 and 200 nuclearweapons. Nuclear deterrence in this case becomes a myth becausewhat the Israelis have far exceeds what they need to defendthemselves.
In 1986, Sunday Times published photographs of Israel's nuclearbomb factory at Dimona. The photographs were considered proof thatIsrael was building advanced nuclear weapons. The person whoprovided Sunday Times with the pictures was Mordechai Vanunu,Israel's nuclear whistleblower.
After the pictures and news were released, Israeli intelligencekidnapped Vanunu in Italy and illegally smuggled him back toIsrael. After a secret trial, he was convicted of treason andspying. He was sentenced to 18 years in jail.
The United States has strange attitudes toward the proliferationof weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. supported Israel as theonly unclear power in the Middle East. At the same time, the U.S.has long expressed concerns about the nuclear power of Iran.
Top American officials repeatedly accused Iran of havingintentions to become a world nuclear power. The United Statespressured the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency to ask Iranto open its nuclear facilities for inspection.
I wonder why there is no similar pressure on Israel to sign theNuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and to open its nuclear facilitiesfor inspection. This treaty is an attempt to make the world saferfor everybody. Israel has to sign it and abide by its requirementsto increase the opportunity for peace in the Middle East.
I read that the U.N. General Assembly and IAEA GeneralConference have adopted 13 resolutions since 1987 appealing toIsrael to sign the treaty and all have been ignored, of course withhelp of the U.S.
A few weeks ago, Congress approved the Syria Accountability Act.One prominent factor behind this act was a claim that Syria hasplans to develop weapons of mass destruction.
Isn't it strange to put sanctions on Syria just for having plansto develop weapons of mass destruction while the Israelis receivebillions of dollars to produce more weapons of massdestruction?
The unlimited military American support for Israel should bere-evaluated. If each and every country in the world has to respectinternational treaties and U.N. resolutions, Israel should be noexception.
Write to Fahad at fahad765@yahoo.com
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