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UN nuclear watchdog: Israel's 'perceived double-standard' hurts NPT
By Reuters
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A perception among Arab nations that Israel has undermined the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a major obstacle to global nuclear disarmament, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

Tensions within the IAEA run deep over Israel's presumed nuclear might and its shunning of the NPT. Israel is widely believed to have the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal but it has never confirmed or denied it.

In an article for the International Herald Tribune, Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, set out what he thought should be done to achieve consensus on nuclear disarmament.
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"What compounds the problem is that the nuclear non-proliferation regime has lost its legitimacy in the eyes of Arab public opinion because of the perceived double-standards concerning Israel, the only state in the region outside the NPT and known to possess nuclear weapons," he wrote.

ElBaradei also reiterated he was encouraged by new U.S. President Barack Obama's commitment to making the elimination of all nuclear weapons a central part of his policy platform.

To do that, nations have to overcome cynical attitudes to the United Nations, he said.

"The UN and related agencies must be given adequate authority and funding and put in the hands of leaders who have vision, courage and credibility," wrote ElBaradei.

In a broadside against the United States and Israel, he said: "Above all, we need to halt the glaring breach of core principles of international law such as limitations on the unilateral use of force, proportionality in self-defence and the protection of civilians during hostilities in order to avoid a repeat of the civilian carnage in Iraq and, most recently, in Gaza."

ElBaradei, who is due to leave office in November when his third term expires, clashed with the former Bush administration over what he saw as its unilateralism and refusal to engage with foes like Iran.
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  1.   If Israel have nukes, why can`t I 20:15  |  Palestinian 16/02/09
  2.   A Nuclear Iran 20:47  |  Binyamin 16/02/09
  3.   Playing to the cheap seats 20:49  |  Jordan 16/02/09
  4.   Peace is only possible when MAD prevails 20:49  |  Canadian 16/02/09
  5.   Its Convenient to think there is a double standard 21:04  |  Brad 16/02/09
  6.   #1 I Agree, When You Let A Murderer Out of Jail... 21:30  |  Noach 16/02/09
  7.   Brad: parity in "power" 22:02  |  zvi 16/02/09
  8.   Except that Jews invented Nuclear Technology 22:17  |  Baruch Gold 16/02/09
  9.   It is very good that ElBaradey stopped to pretend... 22:22  |  17 16/02/09
  10.   #1 Explain 22:25  |  No Quarter 16/02/09
  11.   #7 zvi 22:33  |  No Quarter 16/02/09
  12.   UN nuclear watchdog is passing gas again. 00:05  |  Stephen. 17/02/09
  13.   The IAEA`s inability to explain basic principles hurts NPT 01:45  |  Serge 17/02/09
  14.   A man of integrity and credibility at the UN 02:22  |  Yesh Prabhu 17/02/09
  15.   #4 MAD only works With SOME ideologies 02:33  |  Noach 17/02/09
  16.   # 12 stephen 02:36  |  Axel 17/02/09
  17.   PAL:ESTINIAN You can Just do not lie by signing the NPT 02:46  |  PETER SM 17/02/09
  18.   CANADIAN most of Israels neighbours have WMD`s 02:49  |  PETER SM 17/02/09
  19.   Different: Israel under threat 05:28  |  semsem 17/02/09
  20.   Nuclear Israel 05:32  |  Abraham Paz 17/02/09
  21.   Nuclear watchdog. 06:05  |  Maureen Ann 17/02/09
  22.   Iranian Nukes 07:47  |  Thomas 17/02/09
  23.   To # 5 08:47  |  Ephraim 17/02/09
  24.   #3 I suspect he`s playing to a much bigger crowd, Jordan 09:03  |  Johnboy 17/02/09
  25.   #10 No Quarter asks some questions 09:14  |  Johnboy 17/02/09
  26.   re: Peace is only possible when MAD prevails 12:41  |  Aaron 17/02/09
  27.   Baruch, `Jews invented nuclear technology" 20:55  |  janet 17/02/09
  28.   IDF spokesman confirmation 09:39  |  P S 08/03/09
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