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The International Atomic Energy Agency and Israel: A Realistic Agenda

July 1, 2004 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg

There is no foundation for a change in Israel's policy of nuclear ambiguity under present circumstances, and the topic is not on the agenda. Under the terms of a 1969 agreement with the U.S. government, Israel has refrained from making any declarations about its nuclear weapons capability, or from testing devices. The threat to Israel has not diminished much in the past five decades and hatred of Israel in the Arab and Moslem worlds remains intense.