Can the United States be taken at its word?
In Wednesday's Washington Times, Eli Lake discloses that if in fact the United States tries to force Israel to sign the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT), or even officially acknowledges that Israel has nuclear weapons, it will be violating a
40-year old agreement made between the two countries by Golda Meir and Richard Nixon (Hat Tip:
Noah Pollak).
For the past 40 years, Israel and the U.S. have kept quiet about an Israeli nuclear arsenal that is now estimated at 80 to 200 weapons. Israel has promised not to test nuclear weapons while the U.S. has not pressed Israel to sign the nuclear NPT, which permits only five countries - the U.S., France, Britain, China and Russia - to have nuclear arms.
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Israel Matzav: Can the United States be taken at its word?