BLIX: ISRAEL SHOULD ABANDON ITS NUKES

AS IRAN SPEEDS ALONG TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NUCLEAR WEAPON (TO WHICH THE U.N. IS INDIFFERENT), SO THAT IT CAN ACHIEVE ITS OFT STATED GOAL OF DESTROYING ISRAEL, FORMER U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTOR HANS BLIX CALLS FOR ISRAEL TO ABANDON ITS OWN NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAPABILITIES. AFTER ALL THE DETERENCE POWER OF A PEACEFUL DEMOCRACY IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN NUKES IN THE HANDS OF GENOCIDAL MANIACS.

'Stop Dimona' says Blix (YNet)
LUXEMBOURG - Israel should comply with the same demand being made of Iran, to cease its nuclear fuel-cycle and stop enriching uranium, Hans Blix, Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC), told Ynetnews Thursday.

Blix had earlier delivered a speech at the International Conference on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe being held in Luxembourg, where he warned that the "world is sleep-walking into nuclear rearmament."

Formally a top UN weapons inspector, Blix now heads the Sweden-based WMDC, which says it aims to "forge realistic and constructive ideas and proposals aimed at the greatest possible reduction of the dangers of weapons of mass destruction."

In a report recently released by the WMDC, seen by Ynetnews, the Committee stated: "While Israel, feeling under threat from Iran and others, is not likely to discard its nuclear-weapon capability except as part f a peace settlement, it could help to reduce tension, as is now asked of Iran, by joining Iran and all other states in the region in a commitment to suspend and renounce any fuel-cycle activities," the report said.

"We assume Israel has 200 nuclear warheads. Stop the work in Dimona," Blix said.