Israel’s Nuclear Weapons a Major Factor in Mideast Arms Race

(Image: Flickr / IAEA Imagebank)

Israel’s Nuclear Weapons a Major Factor in Mideast Arms Race

Despite the focus on Iran, Israel is the only country in the Middle East that has a nuclear weapons arsenal.

August 4, 2015
Phyllis Bennis

IAEA-Director-General-Yukiya-Amano

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (Image: Flickr / IAEA Imagebank)

Israel is making a concerted effort to forestall a resolution that would subject its nuclear facilities to inspection from the International Atomic Energy Agency. The resolution has been put forth by Egypt, and will be voted on in mid-September. New Internationalism project director Phyllis Bennis joins The Real News Network and says the Iran deal provides an opportunity to challenge Israel’s unacknowledged, uninspected, but very well-known nuclear weapons arsenal. Watch below:

Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism project at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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