23.8.09
בדיוק סיימתי לקרוא מאמר של עבד אל-ברי עטואן, העורך של העיתון הלונדוני, "אל קודס אל ערבי"[1] וחשבתי שהוא מאמר חשוב, לכן החלטתי לפרסם אותו בבלוג שלי. בדרך כלל איני מסכימה אם דעותיו של עבד אל-ברי אך במקרה הזה מה שחשוב זה לא האם ישראל תסכים/צריכה להתפרק מנשק גרעיני או לא, אלא שנושא זה הופך להיות קלף מיקוח בידי איראן כתנאי מקדים להתחלת משא ומתן עם האמריקאים בנוגע להקפאת תוכנית הגרעין שלה ולכן המאמר חשוב.
Iran Ties Talks on its Nuclear Program to Israeli Nuclear Weapons2009-07-28
Almost ten years ago the Egyptian government caused an international uproar when it tied its accession to the renewal of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to Israel becoming bound by it and opening Israeli nuclear installations to international inspection.
The Egyptian position was welcomed on the international and Arab levels because it was logical and legitimate; but this courageous stand by the Egyptian government did not last long. Israeli and US pressure succeeded in forcing President Husni Mubarak to change his mind and order his foreign minister to sign the renewal of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and drop all Egyptian conditions relating to Israel's nuclear weapons and installations.
Even more serious, is the fact that all other Arab states, without exception, have abandoned their demand to subject Israeli nuclear installations to international inspection, even though at the time they were demanding that the former Iraqi President Saddam Husayn submit to international will and allow international inspectors to move freely in Iraq to search for and destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
Now that the Iraqi regime has been proven to have had no weapons of mass destruction, whether nuclear, biological or chemical, the Arab states have begun talking about the Iranian nuclear program as being the danger that threatens the security and stability of the region. They are calling on Iran to cooperate with the inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], without pointing a finger at the increasing Israeli nuclear arsenal.
The United States is justifying its objection to the Iranian nuclear program on the grounds that it may lead to a nuclear arms race in the region. But the question is: why the talk about a nuclear arms race only began when it appeared that Iran might have nuclear ambitions, but no one spoke about it in the past 50 years when the Israeli nuclear program was producing hundreds of nuclear warheads?
The Iranian government has become aware of the importance of tying its nuclear program to that of Israel. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi announced a few days ago that Iran intends to put a basket of proposals to the G6 -the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany -regarding the Iranian nuclear program, adding that: "We cannot talk about the issue of the [Iranian] nuclear file without talking about nuclear disarmament. We cannot talk about a Middle East free of nuclear weapons without raising the issue of the more than 200 nuclear warheads of the Zionist regime."
This Iranian stand is very smart and deserves the support of all Arab and Islamic countries because it is simultaneously logical and responsible. The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has tied any peaceful settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict to an end of the Iranian nuclear ambitions; so why should not Iran have recourse to the same idea and literally return the ball to the Israeli and US courts?
Iran should continue making this connection and should resist all pressures to back off, and we believe it will do so. We have learnt from experience that it is the only Muslim state that has independent decision making, and does not receive financial or military aid from the West
The Egyptian position was welcomed on the international and Arab levels because it was logical and legitimate; but this courageous stand by the Egyptian government did not last long. Israeli and US pressure succeeded in forcing President Husni Mubarak to change his mind and order his foreign minister to sign the renewal of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and drop all Egyptian conditions relating to Israel's nuclear weapons and installations.
Even more serious, is the fact that all other Arab states, without exception, have abandoned their demand to subject Israeli nuclear installations to international inspection, even though at the time they were demanding that the former Iraqi President Saddam Husayn submit to international will and allow international inspectors to move freely in Iraq to search for and destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
Now that the Iraqi regime has been proven to have had no weapons of mass destruction, whether nuclear, biological or chemical, the Arab states have begun talking about the Iranian nuclear program as being the danger that threatens the security and stability of the region. They are calling on Iran to cooperate with the inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], without pointing a finger at the increasing Israeli nuclear arsenal.
The United States is justifying its objection to the Iranian nuclear program on the grounds that it may lead to a nuclear arms race in the region. But the question is: why the talk about a nuclear arms race only began when it appeared that Iran might have nuclear ambitions, but no one spoke about it in the past 50 years when the Israeli nuclear program was producing hundreds of nuclear warheads?
The Iranian government has become aware of the importance of tying its nuclear program to that of Israel. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi announced a few days ago that Iran intends to put a basket of proposals to the G6 -the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany -regarding the Iranian nuclear program, adding that: "We cannot talk about the issue of the [Iranian] nuclear file without talking about nuclear disarmament. We cannot talk about a Middle East free of nuclear weapons without raising the issue of the more than 200 nuclear warheads of the Zionist regime."
This Iranian stand is very smart and deserves the support of all Arab and Islamic countries because it is simultaneously logical and responsible. The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has tied any peaceful settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict to an end of the Iranian nuclear ambitions; so why should not Iran have recourse to the same idea and literally return the ball to the Israeli and US courts?
Iran should continue making this connection and should resist all pressures to back off, and we believe it will do so. We have learnt from experience that it is the only Muslim state that has independent decision making, and does not receive financial or military aid from the West
[1] http://www.bariatwan.com/index.asp?fname=2009\07\07-28\2009-07-28-12-57-12.htm&storytitle=%20Iran%20Ties%20Talks%20On%20its%20Nuclear%20Programme%20to%20Israeli%20Nuclear%20Weapons
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