Monday, July 11, 2011

Heated confrontation erupts between Egypt and Israel at non-proliferation symposium

Wael Ali
Almasryalyoum

Sources at a European Union-hosted Middle East security symposium hosted on Wednesday said that a heated confrontation erupted when the Egyptian delegation criticized Israel for not signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and not allowing the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the supposed nuclear reactor in the town of Dimona. Egypt rejected Israel’s justification of possessing nuclear arms in order to protect itself from Arab countries and Iran.

The symposium’s goal was to discuss how to establish the Middle East as a region free of weapons of mass destruction in order to preempt potential arms races or nuclear proliferation.

The symposium was attended by several states, including Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iran.

Translated from the Arabic Edition

Comment: The so-called "Arab Spring" is rapidly turning to winter for those of us in the ME. Although a nice phrase to word smith violence, terror and death, the end game has been the displacement of a cruel dictator who had control over more evil factions. We are seeing the result of the real shift, one from a dictator to an oligarchy that will prove much worse for its "people" and certainly for regional stability. The "die has been cast", now read and see what so many of us predicted would happen. The USA needs to stand down yesterday!

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