Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he will not attend the Washington nuclear summit next week, with officials saying that he fears facing uncomfortable questions about Israel’s enormous, undeclared nuclear weapons arsenal.
The summit was expected to be used as yet another vehicle for Israel to pressure for additional sanctions against Iran, but the Israeli government, over the past day, has gotten wind of the fact that a number of Muslim attendees planned to bring up Israel’s repeated refusal to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Israel will instead send its Minister for Intelligence Affairs Dan Meridor, and the issue will likely still be brought up, though without Netanyahu being questioned directly it will likely not be given nearly the coverage internationally.
The White House shrugged off the announced cancelation, confirming that they had been informed and praising Israel as a “close ally” and partner on issues of nuclear security.
Israel has one of the world’s largest nuclear arsenals, but takes the position of official “ambiguity” on this matter, and has angrily rejected any notion that it should sign the NPT. At the same time, Israel has demanded action against other nations, notably Syria and Iran, who are NPT signatories, for alleged violations.
Oooh he looks sooo scary. He needs a good left jab to his big nose followed with a hard right hook in the teeth.
That's right Oldtimer! And I'll be right behind you waiting to deliver the knockout blow!
Wow, spoken like a couple of genuinely peaceful, "antiwar" types!
What violent little hypocrites you sewer rats are!
If you study him and old newsreels of Hitler, their body languages are identical.
He is afraid to face any real questions about Israel's nuclear arsenal – just a two-bit bully hiding behind AIPAC's pile of money.
True.
The best response to this Zionist fiend is for the US to require Netanyahu’s government to submit to the same nuclear scrutiny that it’s requiring of Iran. How fiendish is it that an NPT signatory should be hounded when the only nuclear armed entity in the Middle East region thumbs its nose at any disclosure of its nuclear arsenal!
who the hell invited him in the first place?
The question is how did Israel finance it's Nuclear arsenal?
US taxpayer has been THE Chief Contributer to Israel's treasury.
*10 million in US aid per day that we know of…..
Folks,CASH is Deposited DIRECTLY into Israel treasury in Janaury every year.
US TAXPAYER borrows that money and pays intersest
for that priviledge???
We know French enriched Uranium was hijacked by Israel on the high seas.
heavy water was finagelled from Norway/UK
US Nuclear triggers were stolen,ect….
Shimon Peres was chief procurer of Israel's illegal WMD program.
Furthermore Israel's initial set back in 1973 war,caused it to go on Nuclear footing on second day of conflict.This caused USSR to go on world wide nuclear alert to be followed by US Defcon-2 alert.
That conflict was about Israel holding on to occupied land.
So Israel with possibly up to 200 WMD is the one that is being threatened!
Only in the Bizarro world!
*According to the Christian Science Monitor,the cost of Israel to the American TAXpayer has been over $1.6 TRILLION since 1973.http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1209/p16s01-wmgn.html
france let them test there weapons in algeria
Is there any comment I can make that will not be deleted?
As long as our political prostitutes are pantering to Israeli lobby,the American interest is sacrifized in the alter of AIPAC's bribing the congressmen.
According to Americans Israel atom bomb is a clean one because it belongs to the god's chosen people,but the Iranian bomb is very very bad it belongs to the dark skin third world lower human beings.The wicked pernicious Satanic Empire of racist usa supports the Israel.and its criminal acts,and supply Israel with her WMDs
An interesting question: how many missiles, nuclear and conventional, are targeted at the new British ocean preserve around the US base at Diego Garcia, and by how many different countries?
If Netanyahu can get away with it, why not Karzai?
Karzai at least has the good sense to want close and cordial relations with the vigorous Iran, as with China and Russia, and even India.