When is Israel's turn?

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There is a common denominator between the sudden readiness of Iran and Libya to agree to inspection of their development of weapons of mass destruction and what Iraq had done in this area for years. The common denominator is that three of Israel's enemies, one of which is calling to this day for the destruction of the Jewish state, were involved in huge acts of deception and the violation of an international agreement for many years; and before they admitted this, they always accused Israel of being the one to make false accusations about them.

Israel has an interest in ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction and missiles, and also in the reduction of conventional military threats. This is a long process. The solution must be regional. The way is not to deal separately with each threat, chemical weaponry on its own and atomic or biological weaponry on their own, and then with threats of terror and missiles as if they were a separate issue. A state that assesses the threats that it faces must see things as a single entity. In accordance with this, it plans its system of deterrence and defense.

A regional solution has an additional advantage because it would include the reciprocal inspection of states in addition to the global inspection arrangements. The process could be begun with confidence-building measures. However, it is impossible to get to the roots of the threats without the existence of a peace agreement between the sides. In his day, Yitzhak Rabin came up with the statement that Israel would be prepared to discuss becoming a party to the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons two years after it signs peace treaties with the Arab countries and Iran. This applies today as well, and it should not be seen as a mere daydream.

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