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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, Feb. 7, 1969
CARL ALPERT
Israel And The Bomb
HAIFA—N<* intelligent, think
ing person could possibly approve
of an atomic war. Practically
every nation, especially the small
ones, would like * to see multi
lateral restrictions placed on the
manufacture of nuclear and hy
drogen bombs, ultimately leading
to their complete banning.
In 1963 Israel was among the
first countries to sign the Mos
cow pact, an agreement to ban
atomic tests. Repeatedly the Gov
ernment of Israel has stated its
opposition to the development of
nuclear weapons and their use.
Why is it, then, that Israel
now refuses to sign the interna
tional convention adopted by the
United Nations, seeking to pre
vent the proliferation of nuclear
weapons? Is it because, as some
Arabs and others say, Israel se
cretly has the bomb and does not
want to be bound by restrictions?
It should be noted that though
the convention was approved at
the UN by a great majority, and
requires the signatures of 40 na
tions to put it into effect, most
countries, large and small, have
refused to sign. The basic objec
tions are similar in most cases:
It’s easy enough to sign away
one's rights to use the bomb, but
there is nothing whatever in the
agreement to protect the peace-
lover against another nation
which has abstained, and may
utilize the right it has reserved
—to drop the bomb. France and
China, for example, are two of
the major powers which openly
refuse t<r*sign.- Italy, Japan, Ger
many and India have not signed.
Even the U. S. has not confirmed.
Israel has -still another objec
tion: the Arab states and the So
viet Union are both represented
on the supervising body: Israel
is not.
Furthermore, the treaty would
ban nuclear experimentation on
the grounds that this would lead
to ultimate manufacture of the
bomb But development of nu
clear energy for peacetime use
can not take place without such
experimentation. Absolute appli
cation of this clause would halt
progress and development in the
wnall, progressive nations, while
assuring the continued superior
ity of the big powers which
today have the monoplv. They
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antee that they will.
No treaty is needed to prevent
the big nations from bombing
each other out of the world. The
major deterrent Is the know
ledge that any move by one
would bring about catastrophic
response, by another, and none of
them wants to commit national
suicide. The intention of the new
pact is commendable: to head off
the smaller states. Should one
of these develop or obtain a
bomb it might easily, in a mo
ment of national stress—or by
trigger-happy accident — use it
against a hapless neighbor which
does not possess the means to
react.
One of Israel’s military com
mentators maintains that the
real danger to Israel is from
China. That country has for
some time been seeking to ex
tend it^ influence to Africa and
the Middle East. It is not beyond
the realm of possibility * that
should • a falling-out occur be
tween Russia and Egypt, the lat
ter country could procure atomic
weapons from China f for use
against Israel. There is little else
that China can offer in the way
of technical or economic help.
As for Israel’s development of
nuclear energy, the following
facts are known: The Israel
Atomic Energy Commission oper
ates two reactors. One at Nahal
Sorek, is of 5,000 kilowatt ca
pacity, and serves educational
purposes. The second, at Dimona,
is 24,000 kilowatts, and serves
the needs of industry, agriculture,
health and scienoe. Recommen
dation has been made for the
construction of a 125,000 kilo
watt atomic power station to be
used also for the desalination of
sea water, but little progress has
been made in that direction. The
Technion has a Department of
Nuclear Science which trains all
of Israel’s atomic engineers. And
Prime Minister Levy Eshkol said
not long ago that Israel has the
know-how to make atomic bombs,
“but from there to making them
is a long way.”
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