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30 Democratic lawmakers ask Rubio to reveal details of Israel's nuclear ...
Letter, which is expected to be ignored, claims US ‘cannot develop a coherent nonproliferation policy’ for Mideast without disclosing details on alleged Israeli atomic arsenal By Lazar Berman You will receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page You will no longer receive email alerts from this author. Manage alert preferences on your profile page Today, 3:53 am Edit Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter A group of 30 House Democrats has demanded that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio disclose details of Israel’s alleged nuclear weapons arsenal. “We cannot develop a coherent nonproliferation policy for the Middle East,” they wrote in a letter dated Monday, “including with respect to Iran’s civil nuclear program and Saudi Arabia’s civil nuclear ambitions, while maintaining a policy of official silence about the nuclear weapons capabilities of one party central to the ongoing conflict in which the United States is a direct participant.” “We ask that you hold Israel to the same standard of transparency that the United States expects from any other country that may be pursuing or retaining nuclear weapons capability,” said the group, led by Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro. Israel does not confirm or deny having atomic weapons, maintaining a policy of official ambiguity on the issue, as both Democratic and Republican American presidents have also done over the decades. Monday’s letter is expected to be ignored. The Democratic representatives argued in the letter that Congress “has a constitutional responsibility to be fully informed about the nuclear balance in the Middle East, the risk of escalation by any party to this conflict, and the administration’s planning and contingencies for such scenarios. We do not believe we have received that information.” Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories By signing up, you agree to the terms They asked for details on Israeli warheads and launchers, enrichment capabilities, and what the US has been told about Israeli doctrine and red lines, as well as what is produced at the Dimona nuclear reactor. The facility at Dimona, a southern city targeted by Iran in the recent war, is said to be the home of Israel’s alleged nuclear weapons program. “The United States openly acknowledges the nuclear weapons programs of the United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, Russia, China and North Korea,” they wrote. “We ask that Isra...
US must be transparent about Israel's nuclear programme, Democrat ...
The US should hold Israel to the same standards as other countries and end its decades-long ambiguity over Israel’s secretive nuclear capabilities, a group of 30 House Democrats has said. The lawmakers signed a joint letter on Monday and sent it to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “We are, in the fullest sense, fighting this war side by side with a country whose potential nuclear weapons program the United States government officially refuses to acknowledge,” they wrote. They said that since American service personnel were deployed in the region, Congress had a constitutional responsibility “to be fully informed about the nuclear balance in the Middle East, the risk of escalation by any party to this conflict, and the administration's planning and contingencies for such scenarios”. “We do not believe we have received that information,” the politicians said. The letter was led by Congressman Joaquin Castro, and the signatories include Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ro Khanna, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Israel is one of only five countries not to be party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which stipulates that states that do not already have nuclear weapons cannot obtain them. This means that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has no way to monitor or verify Israel’s nuclear arsenal. Israel has a policy of neither confirming nor denying its nuclear programme - though its existence has been an open secret for decades. It is believed to possess around 90 nuclear warheads and enough plutonium to produce around 200 more nuclear weapons, according to the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Israel is said to have between 750 and 1,110kg of plutonium, which would be enough to build 187 to 277 nuclear weapons. The US lawmakers said that Washington could not develop a coherent nonproliferation policy for the Middle East, including about Iran’s civil nuclear programme and Saudi Arabia’s civil nuclear ambitions, “while maintaining a policy of official silence” about Israel, a party to a conflict “which the United States is a direct participant”. Iran attacks Israel's Dimona nuclear site in retaliation, dozens wounded Read More » “We ask that you hold Israel to the same standard of transparency that the United States expects from any other country that may be pursuing or retainin...
Democratic congressmen demand Trump break silence on Israel's nuclear ...
American left shifts on Israel: 30 Democratic lawmakers demand details on Israel's presumed nuclear program and ask whether it has shared its 'red lines' with Washington for using nuclear ...
Democrats press Trump to break silence on Israel's nuclear arsenal
A group of House Democrats is urging the Trump administration to publicly acknowledge Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons program, a move that would abandon decades of U.S. policy but confirm ...
