Reflecting the rather bizarre way the International Atomic Energy Agency’s meetings tend to go, the conference failed in a 58-47 vote to urge Israel to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). They then unanimously voted in favor of materially the same thing.
After spurning the Syria-backed resolution, the IAEA voted 117-0 in favor of an Egypt version that called on “all states in the region” to join the NPT. Israel is the only nation in the entire region that is not a member of the NPT, so it effectively urges the exact same thing, just avoiding mentioning Israel by name.
There is a bizarre disconnect between nuclear policy toward “the Middle East” and toward Israel as the only country in the Middle East with nuclear arms, a fact the Obama Administration similarly stumbled over in 2010.
At that time, during the NPT’s own conference, the United States signed and loudly endorsed a call for a “nuclear free Middle East.” When it was pointed out after the conference that this meant Israel, the only nuclear-armed nation, the State Department issued a statement of “deep regret” over the deal, complaining it unfairly singled out Israel.
I think someone just got their arm twisted….again.
WTF*
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Charles de Gaulle
lt is beyond all doubt that the Zionist control America totally.
Augustbrhm
“Zionist control America totally”
Three short years after our Empire nuked two cities in Japan that were all civilian, by terror to gain fearful submission from all civilians, our corporate rich rulers decided that bringing nukes into the Middle-East would be a great way to maximize profit in trading war materials for Middle-East oil.
So, in 1948 funded was a grand smokescreen called the Israel homeland and as soon as it became feasible to the brainwashed Western public, Israel pretended to create nukes, when in reality the U.S. military keeps under lock and key any nuke there may be in Israel.
In short, among the power combine that rules America, no one controls anyone, as they all have a passion for profit and would sell their mother to the devil for a greater chunk of profit.
The 2 state solution should be abandoned once and for all. There is not enough land left to support a viable Palestinian state economically , especially with the indigenous (Palestinians) population now in the majority. The land left is even less than 22%.
Palestinians should start agitating for inclusion into Israel with equal political rights namely one person one vote. World opinion will come to their defense.
That's why at the very least the 2-state borders should go back to the '67 lines- or if we're going to be really fair, back to the original mandated borders. Granted, that would mean the uprooting of Jewish settlers in the affected territories, but they could be given the option of moving to Israel proper or becoming Palestinian citizens.
As for a 1-state solution, Israel is going to do everything it can to resist such a plan. Given the population densities, Israeli Jews would soon be outnumbered and Israel would lose it's claim to be THE Jewish State. No way they're giving that up, even if holding on to it means continued war.
BUT… *something* has to be done, I just don't know what.
This proves Paul Craig Roberts point that virtually every Western institution is corrupt.
Zionist rule the roost.