Comments on: NEWS & EDITOR’S COMMENT: The unraveling of Israel’s nuclear ambiguity http://warincontext.org/2008/01/11/news-editors-comment-the-unraveling-of-israels-nuclear-ambiguity/ ... with attention to the unseen Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: OPINION & EDITOR’S COMMENT: Toward a nuclear-free world http://warincontext.org/2008/01/11/news-editors-comment-the-unraveling-of-israels-nuclear-ambiguity/comment-page-1/#comment-1108 OPINION & EDITOR’S COMMENT: Toward a nuclear-free world Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:36:52 +0000 http://warincontext.org/2008/01/11/news-editors-comment-the-unraveling-of-israels-nuclear-ambiguity/#comment-1108 [...] One year ago, in an essay in this paper, we called for a global effort to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, to prevent their spread into potentially dangerous hands, and ultimately to end them as a threat to the world. The interest, momentum and growing political space that has been created to address these issues over the past year has been extraordinary, with strong positive responses from people all over the world. [complete article] Editor’s Comment — Strengthening the NPT requires that nuclear states who refuse to sign the treaty must as a consequence face penalties. The outlaw states are India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel. For as long as the United States — with a nod and a wink — allows Israel to maintain the pretense that it is not a nuclear-armed state, it will be impossible to credibly apply pressure on the others. If the United States wants to show the world that it is really serious about disarmament, Israel must be forced out of its nuclear closet. [...] [...] One year ago, in an essay in this paper, we called for a global effort to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, to prevent their spread into potentially dangerous hands, and ultimately to end them as a threat to the world. The interest, momentum and growing political space that has been created to address these issues over the past year has been extraordinary, with strong positive responses from people all over the world. [complete article] Editor’s Comment — Strengthening the NPT requires that nuclear states who refuse to sign the treaty must as a consequence face penalties. The outlaw states are India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel. For as long as the United States — with a nod and a wink — allows Israel to maintain the pretense that it is not a nuclear-armed state, it will be impossible to credibly apply pressure on the others. If the United States wants to show the world that it is really serious about disarmament, Israel must be forced out of its nuclear closet. [...]

]]> By: Russ Wellen http://warincontext.org/2008/01/11/news-editors-comment-the-unraveling-of-israels-nuclear-ambiguity/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Russ Wellen Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:22:23 +0000 http://warincontext.org/2008/01/11/news-editors-comment-the-unraveling-of-israels-nuclear-ambiguity/#comment-1085 "Israel was also suspected of providing nuclear materials, equipment or technology to Iran" Huh? Also, ". . . will the United States attempt to contrive a policy that claims that Israel has a unique 'right' to possess nuclear weapons" That's a recipe (yet another) for disaster. “Israel was also suspected of providing nuclear materials, equipment or technology to Iran”

Huh?

Also, “. . . will the United States attempt to contrive a policy that claims that Israel has a unique ‘right’ to possess nuclear weapons”

That’s a recipe (yet another) for disaster.

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