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“UN Assembly Urges Israel to Renounce Nuclear Weapons”
by YNet News
December 3rd, 2014

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution Tuesday calling on Israel to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and put its nuclear facilities under international oversight.

The resolution, adopted in a 161-5 vote, noted that Israel is the only Middle Eastern country that is not party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. It called on Israel to "accede to that treaty without further delay, not to develop, produce test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons, to renounce possession of nuclear weapons" and put its nuclear facilities under the safeguard of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency.

The United States and Canada were among four countries that joined Israel in opposing the measure, while 18 countries abstained.

Nuclear reactor in Dimona (Photo: Getty Imagebank)

Israel is widely considered to possess nuclear arms but declines to confirm it.

The resolution, introduced by Egypt, echoed a similar Arab-backed effort that failed to gain approval in September at the Vienna-based IAEA. At the time, Israel criticized Arab countries for undermining dialogue in the region by repeatedly singling out the Jewish state in international arenas. Israel's UN Mission did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday.

The UN resolution, titled "The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East," pushed for the establishment of a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East and lamented that US-backedefforts to convene talks were abandoned in 2012.

Nuclear reactor in Dimona (Photo: Getty Imagebank)

Israel has long argued that a full Palestinian-Israeli peace plan must precede any creation of a Mideast zone free of weapons of mass destruction. The country also argues that Iran's alleged work on nuclear arms is the real regional threat. Iran denies pursuing such weapons.

General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding but they carry moral weight because it is the only body where all 193 U.N. member states are represented.

Editors Note.....The same people who refuse prevent Iran from obtaining nukes to fulfill their avowed purpose of annhilating Israel are now seeking to force Israel to disarm so that Iran and Arab nations can dispose of Israel.

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