Thursday, May 07, 2009

Did Obama compromise Israel's security?


Secret U.S.-Israel Nuclear Accord in Jeopardy -Eli Lake

President Obama's efforts to curb the spread of nuclear weapons threaten to expose and derail a 40-year-old secret U.S. agreement to shield Israel's nuclear weapons from international scrutiny, former and current U.S. and Israeli officials say.

For the past 40 years, Israel and the U.S. have kept quiet about an Israeli nuclear arsenal. Israel has promised not to test nuclear weapons while the U.S. has not pressed Israel to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which permits only five countries - the U.S., France, Britain, China and Russia - to have nuclear arms.

The accord was forged at a summit between Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and President Nixon [pictured] on Sept. 25, 1969, and commits both the U.S. and Israel never to acknowledge in public Israel's nuclear arsenal. Israeli defense doctrine considers the nuclear arsenal to be a strategic deterrent against extinction.
(Washington Times)


Israel: Signing NPT Won't Prevent Nuclear Armament -Roni Sofer

An Israeli official criticized a U.S. call for Israel to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)...
(Ynet News)


Breaking Faith with Israel -Editorial

Will the U.S. sell out its strongest ally in the Middle East to cozy up to its worst enemy? America treats Israel and Iran differently because they are fundamentally different. Israel is a dependable U.S. ally and a free liberal democracy.

Iran is a long-standing enemy of the U.S., is directly or indirectly responsible via Iraqi insurgents and others for more deaths of U.S. service members than any country since the Vietnam War. Its people suffer under an oppressive theocracy.

We approve of an Israeli nuclear force for the same reason we approve of a British, French or American nuclear force: We know it will serve peaceful purposes
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We oppose an Iranian nuclear force for the same reason we oppose a North Korean nuclear force: We know it will not serve a peaceful purpose.

Any attempt to establish parity between Israel and Iran on the nuclear issue is dangerous and naive. Pressing Israel to make its suspected nuclear arsenal into a bargaining chip only weakens our allies without defanging our foes.
(Washington Times)
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