Israel’s Nuclear Advisory Panel Endorses Iran Deal
Source: Haaretz
In defense establishment discussions of the Iranian nuclear agreement, Israels Atomic Energy Commission, which advises the government on nuclear issues, has endorsed the pact, a source familiar with the commissions stance told Haaretz Thursday. The panels position runs directly counter to that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, cabinet ministers and most of the political opposition.
The commissions members say they are convinced that the April 2agreement between Iran and the world powers will prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb. In recent years these experts have been analyzing information about Irans nuclear project, and estimating how far away the Islamic Republic was from developing a bomb. The panels viewpoint deals only with the technical aspects of the agreement, and not with the geostrategic implications of its non-technical clauses, such as the gradual lifting of sanctions on Iran.
The panel holds that any Iranian violation of the pact would be detected easily due to the outside surveillance and analysis methods being used on the Iranian nuclear project. In recent years Israel has invested considerable resources in developing technologies to locate and analyze nuclear activity, makes its available to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is charged with overseeing Irans compliance with the pact.
Thus, the source said, there is effectively no importance in the agreements much-criticized clause giving the Iranians 24 days advance warning prior to an IAEA inspection of nuclear sites or sites suspected of nuclear activity. The IAEA has technological means that make it possible to recreate the precise nature of the nuclear activity, going back not only 24 days but many years, the source noted.
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You mean Netanyahu and his groupies were lying the whole time?
Iraq War Resolution debate, part II.
still_one
(91,965 posts)YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)I couldn't find any other articles on this...
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)gcomeau
(5,764 posts)"Netanyahu calls for firing all members of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission."
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)frizzled
(509 posts)nt
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)feel now - traitors to their own party's President and all for naught.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)It was never a matter of principle with them.
BlueMTexpat
(15,349 posts)Cardin FIVE times, specifically citing credible Israeli intelligence sources who favored the deal, and literally begging him to support the efforts of President Obama and Secretary Kerry, along with all those from the UK, France, Russia, China and Germany who had negotiated this deal in good faith.
When he succumbed to AIPAC's bidding instead, he became dead to me. There are others who feel the same way and I fervently hope that he'll face a strong primary challenge in his next election. I was never a real fan and was disappointed when he ran for the Senate. It's a real shame because we have LOTS of good MD Dems - and almost anyone else would have been a better bet, IMO.
Martin Eden
(12,803 posts)... If Israel's foremost agency on nuclear issues endorses the deal as a means to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons, why does Netanyahu so vehemently oppose it?
I think it's not due to a disagreement about nuclear containment, but because what Bibi really wants is a war against Iran with the USA shouldering the burden.
TubbersUK
(1,439 posts)frizzled
(509 posts)Nuclear rogue state endorses rules for other people.