American Hypocrisy and Israel's Nuclear Secret

For more than 40 years, Israel and the U.S. have been trying to keep the Israeli nuclear arsenal a secret. It is now estimated at 80 to 200 nuclear weapons. The U.S. until now has not pressed Israel to sign the nuclear NPT, which permits only five countries the U.S., France, China, Russia and Britain to have nuclear arms.

The U.S. has opposed all regional calls for a "nuclear-free Middle East." An accord was agreed at a summit between Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and President Nixon on Sept. 25, 1969. According to recently released documents, it is so secret that there is no proper record of it.

The Leading expert on this Mr.Avner Cohen has referred to the secret deal as "don't ask, don't tell," because it commits both the U.S. and Israel to keep Israel's nuclear arsenal asecret.


http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/06/us-weighs-forcing-israel-to-disclose-nukes/