On Friday, Investors.com posted an article about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deciding not to attend President Obama's nuclear security summit in Washington this week. Some of the countries attending the summit (Egypt and Turkey) had planned to say that Israel must sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Israel has never admitted to having nuclear weapons and has never threatened to use them against another country. Why, then, were Egypt and Turkey planning to make this an issue?
The article also reports:
"Just last week we learned from the Israeli daily Maariv that the U.S. has refused visas for technicians and scientists at Dimona to get further nuclear training in the U.S. This will estrange our Israeli ally and weaken America's security posture in the Mideast."
There are reports that the White House has denied this charge. I am not sure exactly what the status of the visas is.
We need to remember that Israel exists in a dangerous neighborhood. Its neighbors have invaded it on numerous occasions. One of the things that has kept Israel safe is the general conclusion that it has nuclear weapons and the fear that they would be used. To take nuclear weapons away from Israel is to make the world a more dangerous place.
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