Israel denying its history of nuclear deal with apartheid South Africa
Israel defiant amid nuke controversy, Tribune uk,“……..Israel has struggled to dismiss documentary evidence that it tried to sell nuclear weapons to the white South African régime in the 1970s by Bernard PurcellFriday, May 28th, 2010 Israel this week defended itself against what appears to be the first, long-awaited documentary proof of the widely-held belief that it offered nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime of South Africa in 1975.The indignant denial by President Shimon Peres, through his spokeswoman, came within days of the re-imprisonment of nuclear scientist Mordechai Vanunu on charges of breaching state security. Continue reading
Double standards in Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons
Israel’s tacit defence, pursued on its behalf by its allies, has been that it – unlike Iran – is a ‘responsible’ nuclear power. Yet here you have Shimon Peres talking nukes with a nutcase white supremacist government..
A responsible nuclear power? by Julian Borger 24 May 2010 guardian.uk The revelations of Israel’s nuclear flirtation with South Africa will add weight to claims of double standards Continue reading
Documentary evidence of Israel’s nuclear weapons
Israel’s Armageddon Scenario – Nuclear Terrorism
The Armageddon Scenario, CBN News, Chris Mitchell, 24 May 2010, Just today, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies – BESA – published a new report called “The Armageddon Scenario: Israel and the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism.”…. The author of the report is Chuck Freilich, Israel’s former deputy national security advisor. Freilich focuses on the threat of nuclear terrorism and advises that Israel adopt an “… uncompromising deterrent policy such as the ‘retaliate first, no questions asked’ approach ….”You can read the report at www.besacenter.org
Israel claims that USA supports its silence on its nuclear weapons
Time for Israel to come clean on its nuclear weapons
Former US President Jimmy Carter has said Israel has between 200 and 300 nuclear warheads.
‘Israel must stop nuclear tomfoolery’ PRESS TV, 11 May 2010 :A former worker at Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility says that Tel Aviv should abandon its policy of nuclear ambiguity and acknowledge what it is doing at the site. Continue reading
Boost for wind energy in Israel
Multimatrix Invests Millions In Israel’s Small Wind Market, Green Prophet by Maurice Picow on May 8, 2010 “…..now, according to an article published in Reuters, the idea of using wind energy is about to get a big boost in a deal involving an Israeli company Multimatrix, which is in the process of buying half of Mei Golan (a subsidiary of the Mei Eden water company), the company operating the wind turbines. Continue reading
IAEA pressure on Israel to admit is nukes
UN watchdog wants Israel to join NPT, Palestine Note, 5 May 2010, IAEA seeks international input on persuading Israel to join treaty Washington – The UN’s nuclear watchdog is seeking international support in persuading Israel to join the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in a step that will likely put pressure on Israel to publicly confirm the existence of its unacknowledged nuclear arsenal, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. Continue reading
Israel’s nuclear weapons a problem for Nuclear Non Proliferation Conference
they directed their focus to Israel, whose “unacknowledged” nuclear arsenal gets
a free pass thanks to US protection in IAEA and the UN Security Council…
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commented over the weekend that more progress must be made world-wide in nuclear disarmament.
Nuclear conference: Arab states say Israel destabilizes the region, Palestine Note 4 May 2010, “………..Jordan’s foreign minister says the world must work harder for a “nuclear-free” Middle East, the Associate Press reports from the second day of the UN nuclear summit. Continue reading
Israel supporting diplomacy over Iran – for the time being
Iran looms over Israeli minister’s meetings in U.S. – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs. 28 April 2010, The United States is seeking tough new sanctions “to sharpen the choices that Iran’s leaders face” after weekend talks between the Iranian government and the International Atomic Energy Agency failed to make progress on a deal over Iran’s nuclear program, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday……
Iran was high on the agenda in talks between Clinton and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Washington on Tuesday. Barak left the State Department for further talks on Iran with Defense Secretary Robert Gates.In a joint news conference at the Pentagon with Barak, Gates said he was satisfied with the planning process by the United States to prepare for a nuclear Iran. …
“At this stage it is time for sanctions and diplomacy,” Barak told reporters….
Israeli officials say they believe their government will give the sanctions effort about a year to see whether they put sufficient pressure on Iran before debating other options. Iran looms over Israeli minister’s meetings in U.S. – This Just In – CNN.com Blogs
Depleted uranium causing infertlity in Israeli soldiers
Research by an Israeli doctor shows a significant drop in sperm count level and sperm motility among young Israeli soldiers in recent years.
Israel’s Declining Sperm Quality Tied to Depleted Uranium Exposure, Atlantic Free Press, by Tim King, 16 April 2010 Israel’s population is facing a dire threat: a drastic depopulation, from the use of weapons that leave behind Depleted Uranium (DU). Depleted Uranium leads to the word Omnicidal, as DU kills everything in the food chain, everywhere the wind blows. Experts say the dramatic drop in Israel’s sperm count could eliminate their ability to reproduce. Continue reading
Obama wants Israel to sign Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
“Whether we’re talking about Israel or any other country, we think that becoming part of the NPT is important,” Obama said. Continue reading
Israeli nuclear scientists refused USA visas
Obama Administration Denies Visas to Israeli Nuclear Scientists PAJAMAS MEDIA, Roger L. Simon 9 April 2010, The Obama administration is now denying U.S. visas to Israeli scientists who work at that nation’s Dimona nuclear reactor. This startling reversal of traditional policy was reported April 7, 2010, in the Israeli website/newspaper NRG/Maariv (link to the original Hebrew here and to an exclusive Pajamas Media translation here). This could be yet another flashpoint in the increasingly sensitive relations between the administration, the American Jewish community, and Israel……
Roger L. Simon » BREAKING: Obama Administration Denies Visas to Israeli Nuclear Scientists
Israeli Prime Minister pulls out of nuclear summit
Netanyahu Said to Cancel U.S. Trip for Nuclear Summit By Calev Ben-David April 9 (Bloomberg) –– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a planned visit to the U.S. next week to attend a nuclear summit, a government official said. Continue reading
Israel’s secret nuclear weapons ‘no problem’ at nuclear proliferation summit meeting
Following a policy it calls “nuclear ambiguity,” Israel has never confirmed whether it possesses nuclear arms.
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Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes – A good documentary on Chernobyl on SBS available On Demand for the next 3 weeks– https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-program/chernobyl-the-lost-tapes/2352741955560
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