If the UN couldn’t find a reason to create yet another resolution condemning the Jewish state for its mere existence, it wouldn’t have any resolutions at all: UN General Assembly decides that Israel must get rid of all of its nuclear weapons. Not a word about Iran or Russia or China or North Korea…or any other country with nukes.
JPOST (h/t Marvin W) Israel must dispose of all its nuclear weapons and place its nuclear sites under the International Atomic Energy Agency’s purview, the United Nations General Assembly’s First Committee stated in an initial 152-5 vote.
The five nations that opposed Friday’s resolution on the “risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East” were: Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Palau and the United States. Another 24 countries abstained, including European Union members.
The annual resolution submitted by Egypt to the UNGA in New York was sponsored by the Palestinian Authority and 19 counties including Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates.
The resolution largely targets Israel, which is believed to be one of only nine nations to possess nuclear weapons. Israel has never admitted to having such weapons.
The resolution notes that Israel is the only country in the Middle East and one of the few among the UN’s 193 member states, which has not signed the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT). Iran, which is a signatory to the treaty, is believed to be on the path to developing nuclear weapons. Despite this, the resolution did not mention Iran.
The resolution reaffirmed “the importance of Israel’s accession to the NPT and placement of all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive international atomic Energy Nancy safeguards, in realizing the goal of universal adherence to the Treaty in the Middle East.”
It further called on Israel “to accede to the Treaty without further delay, not to develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons, to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and to place all its unsafe guarded nuclear facilities under the full scope of Agency safeguards as an important confidence-building measure among all States of the region and as a step toward enhancing peace and security.”
It was one of a slate of resolutions that the First Committee is approving, prior to a final vote in the UNGA plenum later this.
On Friday, the First Committee also approved with 170 votes – including Iran – a call for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East. Israel was the only country that opposed the text. Four countries abstained: the United States, Cameron, Comoros and Tanzania.
In a debate on the matter earlier this month, an Israeli deputy ambassador to the UN Michal Maayan said the NPT is only as relevant as the level of compliance and is not a remedy for the “unique security challenges” of the Middle East.
“Four of the five cases of serious violations of the NPT took place in the Middle East since its entry into force,” she explained.
“For decades now, Iran has been rapidly advancing its illicit nuclear programs and currently possesses large quantities of highly enriched nuclear material,” Maayan charged.
“The existence of undeclared nuclear activities in Syria remains relevant and worrisome, as well s the open questions related to the nature and operational state sow the specific sites and materials within Syria,” she said.
Lastly, Maayan explained its impossible to speak of a regional security architecture around the nuclear issue in a situation where Middle East countries do not recognize Israel’s right to exist.
Some actors in the region claim that a comprehensive security architecture can be initiated in the Middle East, with direct engagement with Israel, without recognition of Israel’s right to exist within safe and secure borders, without reducing regional tension and the building of the necessary trust and confidence among regional states… This position is untenable,” Maayan stated.
Reader says
Since the United Nations are demanding that Israel dispose of all of the nuclear weapons they might have, I have some suggestions as to where they should be dumped.
But in the meantime, let’s have a totally unrelated musical interlude!
Charles Black says
Bring it on forces of darkness! Every one who is against Jerusalem shall be cut down and utterly destroyed.
Linda Rivera says
WONDERFUL Day! Zechariah 14:3-5 The LORD will go forth and fight against those nations as when He fights on a day of battle.
A unique day! Israel! God’s HOLY LAND!
Zechariah 14:9 And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will be the only one, and His name the only one.
No dark, evil powers on earth or in the universe can prevent God’s Glorious promised, coming Kingdom on this earth where the evil ones will never again hurt another human being. The Kingdom of Light!
Jewish Praise:
Magnified and sanctified be the great name of God. May God’s great name be praised for all eternity.
Psalm 145:1-2
I will extol You, my God, O King, and I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever.
BLR says
Israel is saying Trick or Treat catch me if you can but be aware of unleashing a heavenly intervention if you do … Fools
Linda Rivera says
Amen, BLR!
Tim h says
Why don’t the un go after the scumbags lowlife wankers inbreeding with their family and other animals Muslims seeing they do the most killings in this world don’t blame the jew their were here before them boo hooing Muslims
Aaaa says
Jews were allways easy target
Hadehoughalready says
Has anyone esle noticed that the powers that be want those nations who thrive on peace and benevolence disarmed and subjugated?
Israel and the US, once a leader in ministering to the poor and weak, are now kissing the asses, making “deals” with the evil ones, who want nothing but crime, chaos, starvation, disease, and death?
Evil has become manifest and arrogant.
Pray for Israel because how goes Israel, the Almighty’s “timepiece”, goes the world. Whay happens to Israel, happens to those who affect her. Divide her and your nation will be divided (anyone else notice this in America?). MAke war upon her and war will befall your nation, as well. So on and so on…
Israel has attacked no one who didn’t attack her first. She is merely defending herself while others are actively practiceing “colonialism” via “buisiness ventures”, as they’d like us to think.
Open your eyes ans see. Open your ears and hear. You were given these tools to learn and understand. USE THEM!
Stop looking at the minute details and, instead, step back and look at the bigger picture…
BareNakedIslam says
Yes, Israel is the canary in the coal mine.
Bleeps says
Israel did not want to mix their racist Ashkenazi blonde women & men in antiquity with mestizo ancient coptic egyptians but they still ended making enemies with all other…I was there in ancient Egypt at The Tenth Plague, being Son of Pharaoh killed by Plague so easily as egyptians misgenated but jews misgenated too!! They refused work and taking initiative to be lead by me & my soulmate. Both nations have broken Destiny, Me of Gothic& Coptic descent meeting my Soulmate of The Ashkenazi Jewish tribe, but instead my soulmate roamed the desert with her relatives, father and other brother or sis dying of either thirst or insolation & tiredness…Defiance of Destiny before The Light which is the only”god” is Death, Chaos, and all evils of earth…
Bugsy278 says
YO Bonni…someone left the front door open again and a squirrel brought in another nut.
BareNakedIslam says
He comes and goes.
Hadehoughalready says
Bullshyt!