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51 Countries Vote Down UN Resolution Calling For Israel To Join Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Original Post) DeSwiss Sep 2013 OP
I guess these countries see Israel as the "exceptional" nation Larkspur Sep 2013 #1
The creators of the proposal sure did. Behind the Aegis Sep 2013 #2
Exceptional is one way to describe the Israeli government...... DeSwiss Sep 2013 #4
They couldn't even get a majority leftynyc Sep 2013 #3
We are all going to be very happy about those unreported Israeli nukes,... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #5

Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)
2. The creators of the proposal sure did.
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 04:38 PM
Sep 2013

Probably explains why they left out India, Pakistan, and North Korea.

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
4. Exceptional is one way to describe the Israeli government......
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 08:40 PM
Sep 2013

...in that ''norms'' don't apply to them. And unlike even North Korea, the Israeli government has yet to admit that they have any nuclear weapons.

With all of the 24/7 righteous indignation about weapons of mass destruction in Syria and call for ‘compliance with international norms’, the mainstream media barely mentioned this week’s UN vote on whether or not Israel should enter the international community by allowing nuclear weapons inspectors to see what its been hiding for decades now – a full-blown nuclear weapons program.

Hiding a military nuclear arsenal is no small feat. What this latest US-led lobbying effort in the UN demonstrates clearly, is that the State of Israel, shielded by its chief backers the United States, Great Britain and France, maintains its own set of rules outside of international laws and norms.

One might ask the question: does Israel plan to use its nukes on any other countries? If not, why does it need to maintain them, and in secret?

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leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
3. They couldn't even get a majority
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 04:57 PM
Sep 2013

at the UN to vote against Israel having nukes. 94 voting - 51 against.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
5. We are all going to be very happy about those unreported Israeli nukes,...
Wed Sep 25, 2013, 10:15 PM
Sep 2013

When Jesus comes back in his mothership and Jeff Goldblum gives him a virus.

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