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US, Egypt seek Mideast nuclear arms ban deal
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Published: 21.05.10, 23:50
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1. If Israel gives up it's biggest weapon that will surely...
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.22.10)
... start the biggest war the world has seen in a long time.
2. even if this does eventually manifest,
jerusalem   (05.22.10)
all israel could do is to either deny or stay staticy on the issue. it has worked till now. and the US could keep vetoing or turning a blind eye as it has doe in the past. i do hope though that israel does keep letting the US down- very nice entertainment, also, shows how low US would let themselves be taken advantage of. :)
3. The goal
Robert   (05.22.10)
...is the elimination of Israel and every other independent-minded people that will not submit to their 'world order' of slavery.
4. Fear of Nuclear attack, Yes, Now,.....
Roy C. Hudson ,   Pittsburg USA   (05.22.10)
Talk,Talk,Talk, Iran Cooks,cooks, cooks.Pass it around waiting for Israel to take out the Cookers, ??? Well If they hit Israel, Look who all will be sorry this time. I believe that Israel is more ready for the day. It will take out the PLO & Gaza., Jordan Syria, Lebanon if not more.Israel has given them all to much time already. what you say, lets talk, talk talk some more. see who is worried about the PLO on top of the Ground. no Mask,. no hole in the ground. You should listen to Mr. Net & drop Abbas & Hamas.(!!!) Roy C. Hudson USA.
5. first we dont have one ,and if we did would we tell you
Robert ,   Farmington,wv   (05.22.10)
korea did not sink a south korea ship , Iran building a nuclear factory for energy , russia will go ahead and sell the s-300 to Iran , and when dont have a nuclear bomb , we never felt we needed one to begin with.since there is so much love around us and for us hey obama worry about your own country , the terrorist , the job lost , the healthcare , you made it very clear you want to see the destruction of israel. it's never going to happen... May the lord send his angels to stand guard over the gates of jerusalem and the state of Israel......
6. UN and US will be scrapped first.....
Jaacov Baumann   (05.22.10)
''He who curses Israel will be cursed!'' Take the USA : on the brink of financial collapse, fighting ecological desaster plus several wars.......About the UN its needless to comment - just an antisemitic body who nobody is taking serious.....
7. Unlikely
Ariel ,   Arva Canada   (05.22.10)
Israel will never give up its ultimate weapon of defense considering that its enemies are only growing stronger. Israel has learned as has the jewish people that no one in the end will stand up for them, but in the end they have always been betrayed by friends.
8. First they kill the Jew, now they beg the Jew to disarm
Israel ,   Yaniv   (05.22.10)
Anti-Semites are truly pathetic creatures; they know no limits.
9. Should work on ending reason Israel NEEDS nukes
William ,   Israel   (05.22.10)
That means the US would better spend its time on ending Arab hegemony and foundation of racism which has been a the core of all problems in the Middle East since time immoral. Rather than work to take Israel's nukes away, under the guise of stopping the Arabs from getting nukes, everyone should work to end the very reason Israel needs nukes - and that is to end the war and the racist goals against Israel, and just accept her in the Middle East already. To do anything less only places band-aids on an obvious deeper problem.
10. And you know what? Bibi will agree. Because he can't say no.
Richard   (05.22.10)
Just go through the list of all the things the PM has given in in his career (Hevron, for one thing). And all the things he has given in during these short months since he formed his government. Not enough. He also wants to give away the Golan. He froze construction in E Jerusalem not just now but ever since he got into office months ago. There have been no new permits in more than a year. Yep, he'll agree to something regarding the nuclear arsenal. The surrender will be in stages to spare you the shock. Perhaps some sort of international oversight first, and then the dismantling. All that Obama has to do is to apply a little pressure. Just a little pressure is enough and Bibi buckles.
11. if
(05.22.10)
hussein obama wants to offer concessions to egypt and the arabs, why does he have to concentrate on israseli nukes? why doesn't the usa cancel its nuclear arsenal alltogether instead of israel? once the usa cancelles all its nukes, israel will consider doing the same. once all major powers cancell theirs, israel will too.
12. The only country in the world to possess
Israeli 2   (05.22.10)
nuclear weapons ought to be Israel. So if the rest of the world don't want nukes...good for them. Let's first have every single country in the world dismantle ALL of their nukes, then, Israel will not need it either.
13. Israel is not a chip to be played in someone else's game
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (05.22.10)
Nor is Israel Czechoslovakia, to be sacrificed so the great powers can avoid dealing with the real evil out there, which right now is Iran.
14. Pee on UN statements, a worthless group of nuts.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (05.22.10)
15. Maybe best solution to stop nuclear arms race in ME
Bloodyscot ,   Dallas, Texas   (05.22.10)
This is a dangerous move for Israel but it would be more dangerous to wait until many Muslim countries have nukes in a few years. If this deal fails then Egypt will like start trying to become a nuclear power, with both Israel and Iran having nukes.
16. If Israel has nuclear weapons, Israel should retain them.
Daniel ,   Los Angeles, USA   (05.22.10)
Israel, like the USA, would continue to be a responsible keeper of a nuclear arsenal. Iran's government, however, cannot be trusted with nuclear weapons because of its thinly veiled announcements that it will soon terrorize and exterminate Israeli and US citizens by means of such weapons.
17. disarm pakistan , india first
anoynmous ,   bat-yam   (05.22.10)
israel is more threatened than they are.
18. Isaiah prophecy for Egypt
observer   (05.22.10)
23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. 24 In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. 25 The LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance." The LORD speaks only of the Land of Israel, not the people of Khazaria.
19. International organizations.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (05.22.10)
In the international arena, the automatic majority of Islamic and other radical states guarantees the passage of all anti-Israeli resolutions initiated at international organizations such as the United Nations, no matter how absurd. The so-called United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which includes the worst tyrannies and rogue states among its leading members, is just one example. People throughout the world unfamiliar with the intricacies of the UN or the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict are bombarded with constant reports of resolutions from a supposedly reputable body condemning Israel as a rogue state. Thus, the false narrative of the Islamic majority, automatically endorsed by compromised international agencies, becomes embedded in the public consciousness.Try to understand the Middle East : http://xrl.us/bf2r73
20. DOES ISRAEL HAVE MUCH CREDIT TO HAVE NUKES THAN OTHERS ?
ATİLLA KARAGÖZOĞLU   (05.22.10)
IF ISRAEL AFRAID OF TO BE WIPE OUT BY ALL MIDDLE EAST MUSLIM COUNTRIES ! MAYBE WE SHOULD LET ISRAEL TO HAVE IT. BECAUSE ISRAEL IS A 5 MILLION CITY LIKE. *** beside that israel will never able to use the nukes it has. because of todays world. IS THIS MEAN TO WASTE THE MONEY ? *** anyway if israel was my next door I woulnt not mind israel have nukes. BECAUSE I NEVER USE NUKES OVER MY ENEMY THERE FOR MY ENEMY WONT USE ITS NUKES TO ME TOO. simple mathematic *** POVERTY IN ISRAEL POVERTY IN GAZA POVERTY IN PALESTINIANS OTHER CITIES. poverty in world many people dont have jobs. they lost their jobs. many youth have no job because of this idiot world. *** LET ISRAEL TO FEEL ITSELF OKAY. LET ESTABLISH INDEPENDENT PALESTINE STATE WHILE TO NOT FORCE ISRAEL TO GET RID OF ITS NUKES. palestine is important than israel's nukes. *** maybe israel dont have that nuce power. maybe its all about to try to make its enemies afraid of israel. *** IN SHORT ! LETS GIVE A RIGHT TO ISRAEL TO HAVE NUKES. LETS MAKE ISRAEL TO FEEL SAFE. lets just discipline israel to not make crimes as it did in gaza.
21. Barack Hussein Obama
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (05.22.10)
Get lost!
22. #15 Bloodyscot
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (05.22.10)
The Arabs have been living happily with the Israeli "bomb" for the last 40(?) years. They want to have them now because Iran is going to build them (and wants hegemony over the Persian Gulf). What do you learn in school in the USA?
23. Word up, Ron B!
snoop dogg ,   dogg pound, GER   (05.22.10)
It's right, people wonder, why Israelis dislike the UN. I bet, one can do as much explaining as possible, it won't be of much use. Anyway you try, righteous man. Keep up the good work, mate.
24. US - THE IDIOT !!!.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (05.22.10)
US, Egypt seek Mideast nuclear arms ban deal Move could eventually force Israel to scrap its atomic bomb arsenal, UN diplomats say The US efforts to secure a deal with Egypt and other Arab countries reflect Washington's concern to win their backing for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program by offering a concession over US ally Israel, even though Washington says such a ban is impossible without peace in the Middle East. THE ARAB STATES WILL NEVER AGREE TO SUCH A THING, WITHOUT AN ELIMINATION OF THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, WHICH CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED WITH A MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST IRAN. THE OBAMA POLICY SEEMS MORE AND MORE IDIOTIC. SURELY THE US WILL LOOSE THE WHOLE OF THE MIDDLE EAST, BECAUSE OF IDIOCY. YANKEE GO HOME !!!. Arn.
25. of course
ben Ish   (05.22.10)
Here is Obama's 5-ste[ plan for peace in the middle east: 1) Pretend to oppose Iran by talking big. Saturate the media with this. 2) Reward Iran at every opportunity, keeping it out of the media as much as possible. 3) work slowly so everyone forgets anything that gets uncovered. 4) Undermine Israel in every way possible. Get the liberal media to help. 5) Wait for Iran to drop nukes on Israel. They think that with Israel gone, the Islamic nations will not have any reason for war, and therefor a more stable M.E. They are tragically mistaken on all points. Some of us notice when US Intelligence lies to cover Iranian progress, and when Hezbollah is given a spot in the UNSC, and an Arab Muslim is appointed to IAEA and Isreal is continually reprimanded for self-defense, and Obama enacts a de-facto arms embargo against Israel while simultaneously arming every Arab with a checkbook, and shaking hands with Medvedev while Russia builds a reactor and ships S-300 systems to Tehran. Such spectacular miscalculation combined with erasing national borders will result in a rain of radiation falling on London, NY, and DC. This will be followed by truly catastrophic consequences, to make the bank failures and monetary collapses coming this year seem trivial. Stock your shelter.
26. Ides of November
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (05.22.10)
After the midterm elections, Barack Hussein Obama will have much more serious problems than this.
27. #14 Bunny Meier. Do so,and the world will pee on israel.
Peter ,   Vienna-Austria   (05.22.10)
Just like it did with S.Africa. Its so simple that we wont even need to make an effort.
28. to Peter 27
Barney ,   USA   (05.22.10)
your comments reveal that you long for the past nazi heritage of your country but other than that you can't compare the injustice of s africa with Israel where arabs have more rights than they do in their own arab countries and persian countries. just look at the gay people swinging from the gallows, the "honor" killing of their own children, the persistant "refugee" camps, the dictatorships, the torture, gazans throwing fatahs off roofs, and the list goes on and on. arabs want to live in Israel. why? FREEDOM and if they would change their mindset then prosperity would follow but the hatred of Jews rises above all to their own detriment. the arabs blame all the troubles of the world on Israel and the Jews who do nothing but produce the finest health care, medicines, technology, making the desert bloom and on and on and on. how does such a distorted world view happen. hatred of Jews.
29. Dear Albert #22, I took a ME seminar in a community college
Bloodyscot ,   Dallas, Texas   (05.22.10)
and we watched for one full hour the best Middle East video sources straight from Al Jazeera, Al Arabyie, Al Manar, Maan and Farfur TV. This has instantly made me an expert in Middle East Affairs sitting on my couch in the living room. What are your credentials?
30. Ali Baba is back in town.
joe   (05.22.10)
Islamic UN so-called diplomats and other " well wishers ", would love to see Israel get rid of it's arsenal, so that their masters can finish the Jewish State once and for all. Since Masada cannot accommodate 5.5 million Jews (too small-not enough lifts), they will stay where they are -- Sorry islam, sorry Obama. Stop dreaming,Mr. Robert from W.V.,if your lord did not see the need to send his angels in order to save 1.5 million Jewish children from the ovens, he surely will not be bothered with the " leftover "in Israel. The main reason Obama wants to concentrate on Israel, is because he cannot budge N.Korea, Iran, Pakistan and others to get rid of their stock pile. As the first born & bred muslim to be elected, he showed us immediately upon his visiting his brothers in Arabia, who his masters are.
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