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Subject: Israel and the NPT
Posted by: Perm Dude
- [21453619] Thu, May 07, 2009, 11:38
I, for one, had no idea that Israel was not a signatory to the Nuclean Non-proliferation Treaty. Well, for two.
Apparently the fact that Israel is a country with nukes is a wink-wink kind of thing--for years! From the Andrew Sullivan reader:
There is a very simple reason why we have to pretend that Israel does not possess nuclear weapons- the Non Proliferation Treaty. Under the treaty and US law, a non-signatory to the treaty (such as Israel) who acquires nuclear weapons is prohibited from receiving any foreign aid or military aid (the last estimates I saw were that Israel receives about a quarter of the US's entire foreign aid budget, and half of our foreign military aid budget). So there you go.
Damn, who knew?
I predict Israel's signing the NPT will be a precondition for negotations very, very soon. After all, if they won't sign, what incentive would other nations in the Middle East have to sign? |
| 1 | Tree
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Thu, May 07, 2009, 11:53
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hasn't Israel had nukes for like 30 years? this is a secret?
that being said, they really oughta sign that treaty. every nation should.
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| 2 | Razor
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Thu, May 07, 2009, 12:23
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I thought it was widely known that Israel has nuclear weapons but has never publicly announced so.
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