Gulf group calls for Israel sanctions

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From Jerusalem Post:

The chief of the organization grouping Arab Gulf countries urged the United States and the international community on Tuesday to press for sanctions on Israel for its nuclear program.

Abdul Rahman al-Attiyah, secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council, said, "The United States should not apply double standards since it calls for sanctions on countries that have nuclear programs that we have not ruled out are framework of nuclear weapons."

Al-Attiyah's comments followed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's comments on Monday night during an interview with a German television station during which he argued that a nuclear Israel did not pose the same threat as a nuclear Iran.

The US should "seek the implementation of international resolutions, international laws and Chapter 7," Al-Attiyah added, referring to the section of the United Nation's charter that provides for imposing sanctions.

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[wakeme2008]

1. It is

:popcorn: Time

And the Gulf States are Right...

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2. U.S. Policy in the region would be much more successful if...

...the Arab countries believed there was some sort of parity in the way the United States enforces Nuclear Non-Proliferation.

  It's a very straightforward concept.

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[No Exit]

3. Yes, it is.

Our one-sidedness is ridiculous. Furthermore, our kowtowing to Israel is probably harming Israel itself, more than it is helping it. I heard that some of the more intelligent Israeli people have figured this out, but that their voices are stifled by the hardline Israeli government.

[David__77]

4. I do not support sanctioning Israel OR Iran over this.

They have a right to develop their self-defense capacity, as fas as I'm concerned. It's time to uphold the crucial importance of national sovereignty.