This may or may not bear fruit. Let’s keep the fingers crossed. There are more people today talking about Israel’s hypocrisy regarding its own nukes on one hand and abusing NPT signatory Iran on the other hand.
By Linda S. Heard, Special to Gulf News
Iran should turn the tables on Israel
Iran’s agreement to a uranium swap with Brazil — that would take place on the Iranian-Turkish border — would go a long way to putting the nuclear watchdog’s doubts to rest. But this would be unlikely to pacify the US or Israel, which believe that Tehran is trying to buy time.
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For the moment, Tehran is still in the international doghouse. But its acceptance of the uranium swap could prompt a turnaround with the spotlight then falling on Israel’s policy of nuclear ambiguity as well as its failure to sign up to the NPT.
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** Israel refuses to admit the existence of its nuclear weapons programme or its massive nuclear arsenal, yet threatens to destroy the nuclear facilities of an NPT signatory that does open its doors to IAEA inspection and monitoring.**
Israel’s glaring hypocrisy has thrust its own nuclear weapons into the forefront, sparking calls for a nuclear-free Middle East backed by US President Barack Obama who is working closely with Egypt to arrange a conference around the topic. Obama should be applauded for taking such a courageous step in the face of vehement opposition at home when it is clear that the initiative is directed at the region’s only nuclear-armed nation — Israel.
On Wednesday in New York, all five permanent members of the UN Security Council issued a written commitment to a Middle East devoid of nuclear weapons, stating: “We are ready to consider all relevant proposals in the course of the NPT Review Conference in order to come to an agreed decision aimed at making concrete steps in this direction.” The statement also calls for all states to join the NPT and for those with nuclear weapons to disarm — which, again, applies only to Israel.
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Yes. I am sure many Zionist fascists will start wetting their pants when they get convinced that Iran has a nuke, or is capable of getting one anytime like Japan. This can result in feeling of insecurity and mass immigration from the Zionist entity.
So Iran does not actually need to have nuclear weapon. It just needs to show that it has the capability to achieve one whenever it wants.
And following report claims that reverse immigration has already started.
http://www.mepc.org/journal_vol16/3Weiss.pdf
Arguments that Iran’s nuclear program is not an existential threat to Israel usually ignore that Iran does not have to resort to nuclear weapons or an overt military attack in order to threaten the Zionist project. That is, Iran’s nuclear program could help undermine the character of Israel as a democratic Jewish state by contributing to a decline in Jewish immigration to Israel and an increase in Jewish emigration from Israel
Under these conditions, the Zionist project could stall and even reverse. If Israelis begin to believe that their government cannot protect them from nuclear attack or random rocket attacks, some percentage of those who can do so will leave for safer countries, and some Diaspora Jews considering immigration to Israel may rethink their plans. Perhaps more important, those who leave are more likely to be secular Jews, not committed by religious or messianic fervor to remain, while the opposite would be true of most of those who immigrate. This would move the country further away from the secular ideals of its founders and give its religious zealots more power over policy. **Recent data show that more people are leaving Israel than are immigrating to it.**31 This trend could be exacerbated by a possible economic decline if foreign investment and tourism decrease as a result of the fear of nuclear war.
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Israel is an artificial state based on occupation of foreign land and expulsion of indigenous people. This is why Israelis have imposed apartheid on remaining Palestinians, and yet still feel like its existence is at danger. Off course the existence will be at risk because people creating that state are "foreigners", by any definition of this word.
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I don't think Iran is interested in actually building a nuclear bomb. It wants to prove to the world that it can, but it won't clear the threshold. Thus leaving everyone guessing.
I don't think Iran is interested in actually building a nuclear bomb. It wants to prove to the world that it can, but it won't clear the threshold. Thus leaving everyone guessing.
Which country doesn't want to build a nuclear bomb? Iran is capable of building one, why wouldn't it be interested?
That's just what I have gathered after reading through various sources. But off course I can not prove it. So everyone is entitled to their opinion.
In my view it is unlikely because Iran is a theocracy, and their leaders have declared nuclear weapons to be unIslamic because these are weapons of mass massacre of people.
However, their fatwa can change tomorrow. Who knows?
My point was that whether Iran actually make a bomb or not, even its having the capability can potentially send Zionist occupiers running out of Palestine.
My point was that whether Iran actually make a bomb or not, even its having the capability can potentially send Zionist occupiers running out of Palestine.
That's your own (rather immature & uninformed) analysis. If Israel's past track record is any indication, it would launch unilateral military strikes against against any site in Iran that was even remotely suspicious for weapons development.
Back in the early 1980's, Iraq was constructing a nuclear reactor that it had purchased from the French. The reactor had been approved by the IAEA; and was both according to the French and most independent researchers, specifically designed to be unsuitable for weapon development. Israel felt otherwise, and unilaterally bombed the site, if I'm not mistaken, killing French civilians in the process. Although its actions were universally condemned by the UN and the international community, in the end they didn't even get a slap on the wrist. No sanctions were initiated...this despite the fact that Iraq was still an important Western ally at the time, and European scientists were killed in the attack.
When Israel repeated the same stunt almost 30 years later in Syria, which hadn't opened its alleged nuclear facilities to international inspection (unlike Iraq), and which was (and continues to be) a political pariah in the Western world, the international reaction ranged from open support in the West, to complete silence (and tacit approval) in the Arab and Muslim world. If Israel were to launch similar attacks against Iran (which they undoubtedly if the situation arose), I suspect the international reaction would be similar.
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janab:
Israel has been trying to do just that for past several years against Iran. But has been unsuccessful.
It’s no news. It’s all over the internet.
And what I said about Israelis feeling insecurity from Iranian nukes capability is also said in the report I posted above. You can disagree with it, but you can not call it “immature and uninformed”.
Agreed. There will be no response. But Israel can not do it because Americans have sternly rebuked them from making any such move, at least for now. Israel never attacked anyone anywhere, be it Iraq/ Syria/ Lebanon/ Gaza, without America agreeing to it, and standing firmly behind any Israeli decision. But time is not right for Americans. Economy is still fragile. And army is still engaged on two major fronts. Any Israeli aggression against Iran can cause problems for Americans in the occupied countries. Not only that, Iran actually controls the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 60% oil supply of the world passes. It is very easy for Iran to close this channel in response to Israeli aggression, which Iran knows would not be possible without American approval. Iran probably won’t be able to close the channel for long time, but this scenario is frightening (for US, world) nevertheless.
Israel is also wary of the role Hamas and Hezbollah might play in the event of its strikes on Iran. This is the context of starting 2006 Lebanon war and then Gaza war. It was trying to remove the scenario of anyone bringing trouble for Israel in the case of its Iran strike. But it failed to achieve that objective.
One also need to consider that Iranian nuclear facilities are not in open like those of Iraq and Syria. In addition both Iraq and Syria had only one nuclear facility. It was easy for Israel to clean them up with a swift strike. But Iran’s sites are widely spread throughout the country. And they are also deep underground. It is not possible for Israel to attack all those sites at once with equal efficiency.
And even if Israel can hit those sites, it still does not know if those sites are the only sites Iran has. It is possible that Iran may have more undisclosed sites.
If against all odds, Israel does successfully manage to wipe Iranian nuclear program, it does not mean that Iran would lose the knowledge that it has already achieved. So the best Israel can manage is to delay Iranian nuclear program.
The purpose of going through all this is to explain that the case of Iran is not like that of Israeli strikes on Iraq and Syria.
Which country doesn't want to build a nuclear bomb? Iran is capable of building one, why wouldn't it be interested?
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa, Vietnam and many many countries around the world have built nuclear plants and are actively enriching uranium............r they all working on a building a bomb?..........they certainly are capable to make one........but its ridiculous to assume that they are indeed making one.........all the big claims against Iran are political motivated........if it wasn't the nuclear issue then it would some something else..........main point is that it is unacceptable to Israel that anybody challenge their hegemony and authority in the region........fullstop
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As I said earlier, Iran acquiring nuclear technology could spark exodus of Zionist occupiers from Palestine.
I just saw this piece from an Israel supporter, Senator Jon Kyl, arguing the same:
http://frontpagemag.com/2010/05/11/defeating-iran/
in response to a separate poll question, 27 percent of Israelis said that they would consider emigrating abroad if Iran acquired nuclear weapons.
Think about that for a minute. More than a quarter of Israelis would consider leaving their home country in response to Iran’s going nuclear. Now, Israel only has about seven million people. If 27 percent left, would the Jewish state be able to survive? It’s a chilling question to ponder. We must recognize that a nuclear armed Iran would pose an existential threat to Israel, even if it never used a nuclear bomb.
