Yesterday I noted that, dispelling the usual hypocrisy that surrounds the discussion, Martin Indyk spoke openly of Israel's nuclear weapons when taking a realist view of Iran's nuclear program. Here is Stephen Zunes, in an interview with Kourosh Ziabari of Foreign Policy Journal:
“There is no
question there is a serious [American] double-standard, not just in
regard to Israel's nuclear program, but that of Pakistan and India as
well,” he observed. “Israel is required, under UNSC resolution 487 to
put its unclear program under the trusteeship of the IAEA and both
Pakistan and India are obliged under UNSC resolution 1172 to eliminate
their nuclear weapons and long-range missiles altogether.”
question there is a serious [American] double-standard, not just in
regard to Israel's nuclear program, but that of Pakistan and India as
well,” he observed. “Israel is required, under UNSC resolution 487 to
put its unclear program under the trusteeship of the IAEA and both
Pakistan and India are obliged under UNSC resolution 1172 to eliminate
their nuclear weapons and long-range missiles altogether.”
Zunes criticized the G5+1
pressures on Iran to halt its nuclear activities: “the G5+1 has no right
to demand that Iran abide by its obligations to the UN Security Council
while allowing Israel, Pakistan and India to continue their defiance of
the UN Security Council.”
