Israelis piqued by Gates nuclear "confirmation"
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By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Robert Gates, the incoming U.S. secretary of defense, won plaudits in Washington this week for his candor on the Iraq war.
Some Israelis were less pleased, however, to hear Gates mention with equal frankness what U.S. administrations have long avoided uttering in public -- that the Jewish state has the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal.
To be fair, it was pretty oblique.
During his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Gates speculated on why Iran might be seeking the means to build an atomic bomb. "They are surrounded by powers with nuclear weapons: Pakistan to their east, the Russians to the north, the Israelis to the west and us in the Persian Gulf," he said.
The statement led Israeli news bulletins, with some pundits suggesting that former CIA chief Gates may have breached a U.S. "don't ask, don't tell" policy dating back to the late 1960s.
"I haven't a clue why Gates made those remarks," Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a member of Israel's security cabinet, said in a radio interview.
A retired Israeli diplomat, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, called the testimony "quite unprecedented" and added: "I can only assume he (Gates) has yet to get to grips with the understandings that exist between us and the Americans."
According to recently declassified documents cited by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists magazine, under President Richard Nixon the United States knew Israel had developed nuclear weapons but opted against insisting that its ally come clean on the capability and accept international regulation. Continued...
Personal note: Israel has to have nuclear weapons. If not, how will she survive for so long? She is such a small vulnerable state with huge enemies around her bent on her destruction. This rage is a satanic rage from ancient day when God chose Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. God how long before You come & how long before Your people see the Truth? God how long are You going to wait? Pls don't be angry with me anymore. Pls come quickly. Pls make Your work short & tarry no more. Jesus pls come quickly. Pls let them repent before You come again. Pls destroy Your enemies out of this world. Come Lord come quickly! In Jesus name. Amen.
By Dan Williams
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Robert Gates, the incoming U.S. secretary of defense, won plaudits in Washington this week for his candor on the Iraq war.
Some Israelis were less pleased, however, to hear Gates mention with equal frankness what U.S. administrations have long avoided uttering in public -- that the Jewish state has the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal.
To be fair, it was pretty oblique.
During his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Gates speculated on why Iran might be seeking the means to build an atomic bomb. "They are surrounded by powers with nuclear weapons: Pakistan to their east, the Russians to the north, the Israelis to the west and us in the Persian Gulf," he said.
The statement led Israeli news bulletins, with some pundits suggesting that former CIA chief Gates may have breached a U.S. "don't ask, don't tell" policy dating back to the late 1960s.
"I haven't a clue why Gates made those remarks," Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a member of Israel's security cabinet, said in a radio interview.
A retired Israeli diplomat, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, called the testimony "quite unprecedented" and added: "I can only assume he (Gates) has yet to get to grips with the understandings that exist between us and the Americans."
According to recently declassified documents cited by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists magazine, under President Richard Nixon the United States knew Israel had developed nuclear weapons but opted against insisting that its ally come clean on the capability and accept international regulation. Continued...
Personal note: Israel has to have nuclear weapons. If not, how will she survive for so long? She is such a small vulnerable state with huge enemies around her bent on her destruction. This rage is a satanic rage from ancient day when God chose Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. God how long before You come & how long before Your people see the Truth? God how long are You going to wait? Pls don't be angry with me anymore. Pls come quickly. Pls make Your work short & tarry no more. Jesus pls come quickly. Pls let them repent before You come again. Pls destroy Your enemies out of this world. Come Lord come quickly! In Jesus name. Amen.
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