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UN Calls on Israel to Open Nuclear Program to Inspections

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General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to join the NPT and allow IAEA inspectors and to open its nuclear program for inspection "without further delay." Israel's advanced nuclear arsenal has long been understood to exist, although it hasn't been officially admitted by the Israeli government. Many have argued Israel's possession of nuclear weapons is what drives the accelerated Iranian program and causes other regional instability.

The resolution was approved on Monday by a vote of 174-6 with 6 abstentions and calls on Israel to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty immediately and open its nuclear facilities to inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. It also offered support for a high-level conference to ban nuclear weapons from the Middle East which was just canceled by the US and Israel, in order to protect Israel's...
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