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Uncomfortable Focus on Israel’s Chemical Arms

Peter Weber | 18.09.2013 09:52 | Anti-Nuclear | Globalisation | Terror War | Cambridge | World

Syria’s Disarmament Turns Uncomfortable Focus on Israel’s Chemical Arms ... Israeli Officials Insist World 'Trusts' Them With Arms .... Syria’s ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) brings the number of nations on the planet who aren’t participants down to six, and is bringing some uncomfortable new attention to the one neighboring Syria: Israel. Israel responded to Syria’s ratification by ruling out doing the same, insisting that they would never agree to abandon even this portion of their WMD stockpile unless every country on the planet agreed to sign permanent peace deals with them.


Former Defense Minister Amir Peretz addressed the situation again today, saying that Syria’s agreement to scrap its chemical arsenal had nothing to do with Israel, and insisting that everyone trusts Israel as a “democratic, responsible regime.” ........... more ............ by Jason Ditz  http://news.antiwar.com/2013/09/16/syrias-disarmament-turns-uncomfortable-focus-on-israels-chemical-arms/

Peter Weber