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[-] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

I mean, they kinda did

they wanted to make WMDs first

[-] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Israel has been saying this about Iran since the 1990s. All the nuclear inspectors say that Iran is following the standards.

Edit: see below. Some very recent reporting shows that they may not have been compliant (they were before). We will probably need more evidence to determine if they recently were not.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)
[-] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 2 points 8 months ago

True, they did say that. But I'm not sure if we can fully trust them, seems like there may have been collusion with Israel. If someone knows more or has evidence of what the IAEA is claiming please let me know.

Source: https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/tehran-unravels-documents-revealing-secret-iaea--israel--col

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think you should revise your previous comment to put an asterisk to avoid losing credibility noted in your response to the other guy

[-] MetalMachine@feddit.nl 1 points 8 months ago
[-] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 8 months ago

Israel has a larger nuclear arsenal right now.

[-] untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Israel doesn't fund terrorism like iran

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

They cut out the middleman for efficiency and do it themselves

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Israel literally funded Hamas against the PLO in Gaza.

[-] belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

Boy you could not be more wrong

[-] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago

Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel's stockpile range between 90 and 400 nuclear warheads, and the country is believed to possess a nuclear triad of delivery options: by F-15 and F-16 fighters, by Dolphin-class submarine-launched cruise missiles, and by the Jericho series of intermediate to intercontinental range ballistic missiles.

Israel maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity, never officially denying nor admitting to having nuclear weapons, instead repeating over the years that "Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East". However, in November 2023, amid the Gaza war, the junior Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu publicly called for dropping a nuclear bomb over Gaza, which some took to be a tacit admission that Israel possesses such a capability.

I wouldn't be so sure of that.

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