Israel persistently refuses to sign the NPT while the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regulations require all countries with nuclear energy to be committed to the NPT. The question here is to know why the Zionist regime is reluctant to accept IAEA monitoring of its nuclear activities.
Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons; however, Israeli officials have yet to acknowledge Tel Aviv’s nuclear arsenal.
The Israeli nuclear program started in 1956 following a pact signed between Paris and Tel Aviv. The pact required France to establish nuclear arsenal without any restrictions for the Zionist regime. France was also committed to erecting a plutonium separation factory which set the stage for the military aspects of Israel’s nuclear program.
In 1958, Israel built the Dimona reactor. In a bid to shift public attention away from this arsenal, Israeli officials first claimed they were building a textile factory. But not long after, The New York Times disclosed the identity of this nuclear reactor in December 1960. Israel’s then prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, admitted before Knesset that the Zionist regime was building a nuclear arsenal.
In 1967, then US President Richard Nixon and then Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir agreed on a secret pact which required Israel to never unveil its nuclear strength in return for the US’s ignorance of the Zionist regime’s atomic power.
Having adopted this policy of nuclear ambiguity, Israel refuses to sign any treaty and continues proliferation of its nuclear weapons without any international control. In 1998, then Israeli prime minister, Shimon Peres, acknowledged that Israel is a nuclear power, Peres meant Israel owned nuclear weapons and reactor.
Israeli nuclear activities were mainly leaked by the whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu, who was a former Israeli nuclear technician in the Negev research center.
Also known as John Crossman, Vanunu revealed in 1986 details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press. He was handed down spent 18 years in prison and served more than 11 years in solitary confinement. He was released from prison in 2004, but was subject to a broad array of restrictions.
In 2006, Israel’s then prime minister Ehud Olmert’s interview on Germany’s N24 television channel dispelled any doubt about the nuclear activities of Israel. Olmert said in the interview that Israel aligned itself with China, Russia and the US in terms of nuclear strength.
Read more: PressTV - Israel nuclear program remains unsupervised
Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons; however, Israeli officials have yet to acknowledge Tel Aviv’s nuclear arsenal.
The Israeli nuclear program started in 1956 following a pact signed between Paris and Tel Aviv. The pact required France to establish nuclear arsenal without any restrictions for the Zionist regime. France was also committed to erecting a plutonium separation factory which set the stage for the military aspects of Israel’s nuclear program.
In 1958, Israel built the Dimona reactor. In a bid to shift public attention away from this arsenal, Israeli officials first claimed they were building a textile factory. But not long after, The New York Times disclosed the identity of this nuclear reactor in December 1960. Israel’s then prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, admitted before Knesset that the Zionist regime was building a nuclear arsenal.
In 1967, then US President Richard Nixon and then Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir agreed on a secret pact which required Israel to never unveil its nuclear strength in return for the US’s ignorance of the Zionist regime’s atomic power.
Having adopted this policy of nuclear ambiguity, Israel refuses to sign any treaty and continues proliferation of its nuclear weapons without any international control. In 1998, then Israeli prime minister, Shimon Peres, acknowledged that Israel is a nuclear power, Peres meant Israel owned nuclear weapons and reactor.
Israeli nuclear activities were mainly leaked by the whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu, who was a former Israeli nuclear technician in the Negev research center.
Also known as John Crossman, Vanunu revealed in 1986 details of Israel's nuclear weapons program to the British press. He was handed down spent 18 years in prison and served more than 11 years in solitary confinement. He was released from prison in 2004, but was subject to a broad array of restrictions.
In 2006, Israel’s then prime minister Ehud Olmert’s interview on Germany’s N24 television channel dispelled any doubt about the nuclear activities of Israel. Olmert said in the interview that Israel aligned itself with China, Russia and the US in terms of nuclear strength.
Read more: PressTV - Israel nuclear program remains unsupervised
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