Why Is US Turning A Blind Eye To Israel's Nukes? [View All]

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Following the military action against Iraq, people in many Arab and Muslim countries are fearing implementation of a biased U.S. agenda, especially when it comes to the Arab-Israel conflict or the capabilities of Muslim countries. Washington is now questioning the nuclear capabilities of several Muslim countries or their quest to acquire it.

Turning a blind eye towards the nuclear weapons programme of Israel, the U.S. administration considers it as a measure in "self-defence". For many Arab and Muslim countries this is a "double standard" and they are even viewing the roadmap for the Middle East suspiciously.

"It is, of course, a double standard. Why do they not object to the Israeli nuclear programme?" said Dr. Ibrahim A'shemsi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Mass Communication of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the UAE University in Al Ain.

The U.S. has been training Israeli nuclear scientists since the1950 s, and providing nuclear related technology, including a small research reactor in 1955 under the so-called "Atoms for Peace" programme. France also helped Israel in building a uranium reactor and plutonium reprocessing plant in the Negev desert, called Dimona.

The biased intentions are clearly evident from the U.S. act of leaving Israel aside and coming down heavily upon the nuclear programmes of first Iraq and then Iran, Syria, and Pakistan. "It means they are giving a free hand to Israel to do what it wants to do," said Dr. Hussar.