Israeli
Whistleblowers Against Atomic Holocaust
Source : Fax 00-972-9-7413969, 03/02/1998
Threat or Ban?
The tension with Iraq and the possible use of mass-destruction weapons raises again the issue of policy concerning mass-destruction weapons : what do we prefer?
 | To construct, and hoard, mass-destruction weapons, living permanently with the possibility that they might be used any minute? |
| A ban on their construction and hoarding in every State in the
Middle- East, enforced by International supervision in every State in the region? |
Israel is most vulnerable to mass-destruction weapons due to its small size and the fact that most its inhabitants are concentrated in two urban areas around Tel-Aviv and Haifa. If these two areas are hit by such weapons - and there is no way to prevent this absolutely - hundreds of thousand will be hit.
No Israeli retaliation -whatever damage it inflicts on the other side - will help the hundreds of thousand hit in Israel.
Israel can make a positive contribution to solve the present crisis and to defuse the Middle-East from mass-destruction weapons by declaring its support for a ban on the construction and hoarding of mass-destruction weapons in every state in the region.
This will make the task of implementing such a policy easier.
What do you Prefer?
| To ban such weapons? |
| Use them as a threat? |