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geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 04:07 PM Oct 2015

Israel’s Nuclear Advisory Panel Endorses Iran Deal

Source: Haaretz

In defense establishment discussions of the Iranian nuclear agreement, Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission, which advises the government on nuclear issues, has endorsed the pact, a source familiar with the commission’s stance told Haaretz Thursday. The panel’s position runs directly counter to that of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, cabinet ministers and most of the political opposition.

The commission’s 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 Iran’s nuclear project, and estimating how far away the Islamic Republic was from developing a bomb. The panel’s 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 Iran’s compliance with the pact.

Thus, the source said, there is effectively no importance in the agreement’s 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.



Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.681918



You mean Netanyahu and his groupies were lying the whole time?

Iraq War Resolution debate, part II.

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Israel’s Nuclear Advisory Panel Endorses Iran Deal (Original Post) geek tragedy Oct 2015 OP
Netanyahu has done considerable damage to Israel still_one Oct 2015 #1
Anyone else picking this up? YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #2
It's Benghazi day. nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #3
And tomorrow the headline will be... gcomeau Oct 2015 #4
or he'll say they gave Hitler the idea for the Holocaust nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #7
In fairness the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission are world experts on making secret nukes frizzled Oct 2015 #12
I wonder how Schumer and Cardin BlueMTexpat Oct 2015 #5
they were doing what AIPAC told them to do. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #6
As a MD voter, I wrote to BlueMTexpat Oct 2015 #8
The question everyone should be asking ... Martin Eden Oct 2015 #9
Good point n/t TubbersUK Oct 2015 #11
When do we get to do nuclear inspections on Israel, again? frizzled Oct 2015 #10
 

gcomeau

(5,764 posts)
4. And tomorrow the headline will be...
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 04:26 PM
Oct 2015

"Netanyahu calls for firing all members of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission."

BlueMTexpat

(15,348 posts)
8. As a MD voter, I wrote to
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 05:01 PM
Oct 2015

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

(12,802 posts)
9. The question everyone should be asking ...
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 05:11 PM
Oct 2015

... 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.

 

frizzled

(509 posts)
10. When do we get to do nuclear inspections on Israel, again?
Fri Oct 23, 2015, 06:33 AM
Oct 2015

Nuclear rogue state endorses rules for other people.

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