Israel’s Nuclear Goliath

July 3, 2003

Nuclear weapons remain a key issue governing political rhetoric in the Middle East. They were the reason given by the United States for 12 year-long sanctions that suffocated Iraq, and for a war that eventually toppled an ailing regime. A fact that often escapes observers, however, is that a more pressing nuclear threat stemming from the Middle East does not come from Iraq or Iran, but from Israel.

Experts worldwide have estimated that Israel possesses up to 200 nuclear warheads. Yet Israel has refused to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and has continually refused to allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities. It is one of the few, if not the only state that keeps its nuclear goliath in the closet. source

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