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‘US follows hypocritical policy on nuclear weapons’

Tuesday, 19 June 2018 5:52 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 19 June 2018 5:55 AM ]

This file photo, taken on September 8, 2002, shows a partial view of the Israeli Dimona nuclear power plant in the Negev desert. (By AFP)

A political commentator says the United States follows double standards regarding the possession of nuclear weapons, allowing the Israeli regime to maintain such armaments while opposing the possession of nukes by other countries.

“In this case, North Korea’s nuclear weapons [are] bad, Israel’s nuclear weapons [are] good and that’s because for years the United States’ government has been carrying out a hypocritical policy of trying to keep other countries from developing nuclear weapons while at the same time not only maintaining the world’s largest nuclear weapons arsenal itself but also supporting Israel’s illicit and illegal nuclear weapons program,” Mark Weber, the director of the Institute for Historical Review, told Press TV on Tuesday.

The Israeli regime is believed to have between 200-400 nuclear warheads but is not a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and does not allow international inspections of its nuclear facilities.