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Israel Invites the World to Revolt!
By Kourosh Ziabari
Al-Jazeerah, ccun.org, June 7, 2010
Over the past 60 years, the racist regime of Israel has been
continually scoffing 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. 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). 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.
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. 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.
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". 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.
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. 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. 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. 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." 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. 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." 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!"
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." 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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