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Israel hails a “great victory” after the IAEA voted against imposing international supervision over nuclear facilities in the Jewish State. By: Hana Levi Julian Published: September 17th, 2015

Source: The Jewish Press » » IAEA Nixes Resolution to Control Israel’s Nukes

Dimona nuclear reactor, photographed in 1968 by the American KH-4 CORONA reconnaissance satellite.
Photo Credit: KH-4 CORONA / GlobalSecurity.org (public domain)

Israel has once again escaped an attempt by the Arab bloc to force Israel to submit its nuclear facilities to international scrutiny.

The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted overwhelmingly against the resolution sponsored by Egypt calling for international monitoring of Israel’s nuclear facilities.

This year’s proposal – which is presented annually – was voted down by 61 member nations, including the entire European Union.

Forty-three nations supported the resolution and 33 countries abstained from casting a vote.

The office of Israel’s prime minister hailed what it called a “great victory for Israel in the international arena” following the vote, held Thursday at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 59th General Conference in Vienna.

“In recent weeks, there has been a combined national effort, led by the Prime Minister and the National Security Council, the Foreign Ministry, and the Atomic Energy Commission,” the office observed in a statement.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday night that he personally had spoken directly with more than 30 presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers about the importance of the issue.

“I explained that there was no place to hold a discussion of this kind as long as the main problem in the Middle East is Iran’s efforts to arm itself with nuclear weapons and its clear declarations regarding its intention to destroy the State of Israel.

I welcome the fact that the gap in Israel’s favor was significantly larger than the votes in previous years,” he said, adding that he thanked all the countries that supported Israel, and “especially the U.S., Australia and Canada.

“I thank the EU for voting as a single bloc in favor of Israel against the decision,” he added.

The resolution included a clause referring to Israel’s nuclear arsenal as a “permanent threat to peace and security in the region,” and would have forced the Jewish State to become a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, thus placing Israeli nuclear facilities directly under IAEA supervision. Israel has never formally acknowledged any possession of nuclear arms, and maintains an official position of “atomic ambiguity.”

Egypt itself is presently in the process of negotiating construction of its own nuclear facilities with Russia, which has been involved in producing nuclear plants for Iran for more than a decade.

Source: Ann Coulter Accuses Republican Candidates of Pandering to ‘F—ing Jews’ – World – Haaretz

( I won’t hold it against Trump that this antisemitic, hate-mongering Jezebel supports him… – JW ) 

Controversial pundit tweets ‘how many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?’ after several candidates in Republican debate stress improved U.S. ties with Israel.

Controversial conservative pundit Ann Coulter posted a series of arguably anti-Semitic tweets at the tail end of Wednesday night’s Republican debate, accusing the candidates of pandering to Jewish voters, including one posing the hypothetical question of: “How many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?”

Coulter, who has 660,000 Twitter followers, was reacting to the frequent mentions of Israel made by participants in the second televised Republican debate held Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Library in California.

She first tweeted criticism of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s support for Israel when answering the question “What will AMERICA [emphasis her’s] look like after you are president?”, asking “How many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?” She also wrote: “Good Grief, Huckabee is running for prime minister of Israel.”

Coulter, who has expressed support for the candidacy of Donald Trump, then proceeded to posit that the candidates may just be trying to “suck up to the Evangelicals.”

Coulter concluded her Twitter-storm by offering “How to get applause from GOP donors: 1) Pledge to start a war 2) Talk about job creators 3) Denounce abortion 4) Cite Reagan 5) Cite Israel.”

Coulter has previously come under fire for alleged anti-Semitism. In a 2007 interview on CNBC’s “The Big Idea,” Coulter told Jewish host Donny Deutsch that she wants her dream America to be completely Christian, and that she wanted “Jews to be perfected, as they say,” referring to Jews being converted to Christianity.

To answer Coulter’s question, up to 7 million Jews live in the United States.
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