Trapped by NPT (and Iran?), Netanyahu calls it “Hypocritical”…….
Today: “Israel says it will not take part in a conference aimed at achieving a nuclear-arms free Middle East, proposed at a UN meeting in New York. Signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) - including Iran - backed plans to meet in 2012. In a document agreed at the talks, Israel was singled out for criticism. Israel, which has not signed the NPT, dismissed the document as "deeply flawed" and "hypocritical"…….” BBC News (5/29)
Yesterday: “The US has agreed to a deal at the United Nations that would put pressure on Israel to join the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), according to Western diplomats. Delegates in New York are concluding a month-long round of talks aimed at updating the NPT. Their final draft reportedly urges Israel to join the treaty and subject its nuclear facilities to oversight by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The document also calls for the United Nations secretary-general to call a meeting of Middle East states in 2012, aimed at creating a region free of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons…..” Aljazeera (5/28)
It looks like the Iranians have succeeded in one thing: keeping some of the focus on the Israeli nuclear warheads. Apparently with help from some Arab states and “apparently” in spite of opposition by Hillary Clinton. Apparently, but who knows?
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