WASHINGTON: Left-wing Democratic lawmakers have called on the United States to break its silence on Israel’s suspected nuclear weapons program, shattering a decades-long bipartisan reticence in Washington on the sensitive issue.
Israel is widely believed to have developed nuclear weapons in the 1960s but keeps a deliberately ambiguous policy by neither confirming nor denying its arsenal, which is is not subject to any international monitoring.
Some 30 Democratic lawmakers led by Representative J
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About time US progressives spoke up. Israel’s nuclear arsenal is an open secret that everyone pretends doesn’t exist.
The double standard in US foreign policy is staggering. Iran gets sanctioned while Israel gets a free pass on nukes.
This won’t go far with the current administration but it’s good to see the conversation finally starting.
The silence on this issue has been deafening for decades. Glad some in Congress are breaking ranks at last.