PRIME MINISTER Yair Lapid addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, last week. (photo credit: Mike Segar/Reuters)
Jerusalem Post: Israel must get rid of its nuclear weapons, UNGA majority decides
Israel never admitted to possess nuclear weapons, but nevertheless, the UNGA resolution was aimed at Israel, not Iran.
Israel must dispose of all its nuclear weapons and place its nuclear sites under the International Atomic Energy Agency’s purview, the United Nations General Assembly’s First Committee stated in an initial 152-5 vote.
The five nations that opposed Friday’s resolution on the “risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East” were: Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Palau and the United States. Another 24 countries abstained, including European Union members.
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WNU Editor: The 5 nations that voted against this resolution were .... Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Palau and the United States.
4 comments:
Saudi Arabia has a nuke program, The Saudis helped fund the Pakistani nuke program. the Saudis have dibs on at least one war head.
Syria had a nuke program.
Egypt has a nuke program.
Libya had nuke and bio programs. They gave them up and the bush admin lifted sanctions. Obama proceeded to fuck Libya over.
But Israel ahs to give up theirs, because they are Jewish.
Ukraine gave up theirs and look what happened.
Even as they enable Irans procurement....
The UN is a joke
we need some new treaties. But the calibre of statesmanship is absent from the stage
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