Turkey: World is turning a blind eye to Israel's nuclear weapons

[Cees Binkhorst]

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Dat zijn een heleboel beschuitjes ;
JPB kan er toch twee krijgen, Netanyahu komt niet omdat hij niet wil
worden aangesproken op de kernenergie (en bommen) van Israel.

Groet / Cees

Turkey: World is turning a blind eye to Israel's nuclear weapons
By The Associated Press
Last update - 17:31 11/04/2010 	

Turkey's prime minister said Sunday that the world is turning a blind
eye to Israel's nuclear program and that he intends to raise the issue
at the nuclear summit in Washington.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan remarked that Iran's nuclear program is being
scrutinized because of its membership in the International Atomic Energy
Agency whereas Israel, which has not signed a nonproliferation treaty,
is free to do what it wants.

"We are disturbed by this and will say so," Erdogan told reporters
before his departure for Washington on Sunday.

The Israeli government has said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called
off his trip to Washington because he believed Turkey and other Muslim
nations would make an issue of Israel's nuclear program.

Israel's policy is to neither confirm nor deny that it possesses nuclear
weapons.

Meanwhile Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said
Sunday that Israel has much to contribute to this week's nuclear
security summit even though Netanyahu was skipping the Washington
conference.

Clinton said the world's biggest concern on nuclear security is that
terrorists will get control of bomb-making material. She said that
Israel can do much to help thwart nuclear terror.

Representing Israel at U.S. President Barack Obama's conference will be
Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor.

Clinton's remarks came in interviews with NBC's Meet the Press and ABC's
This Week.

On Friday, a top U.S. official said the Obama administration believed
Israel's delegation to the nuclear summit will be "robust," despite
Netanyahu's decision not to attend.

"We obviously would like to have the prime minister but the deputy prime
minister will be leading the delegation and it will be a robust Israeli
delegation," U.S. National Security Adviser General Jim Jones told
reporters traveling on Air Force One.

He also said that relationships between the U.S. and Israel are
"ongoing, fine and continuous."

Obama has invited more than 40 countries to the summit, which will deal
with preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to terrorist groups.

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