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Titolo: WMD Commission head says Israel and Iran 'should both end fuel-cycles'

WMD Commission head says Israel and Iran 'should both end fuel-cycles'
Yaakov Lappin
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
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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. 
 
'End reprocessing of uranium'
He outlined the Commission's vision for a nuclear free Middle East, and
called on Israel to consider a "cessation of reprocessing of uranium" as a
step to "contribute to the collective security of the Middle East." 
 
"In the Middle East, Iran looked at Iraq and decided to go nuclear. Israel
looked at the Arab states. And now Jordan, Egypt, and the Gulf states are
talking about initiating a nuclear fuel cycle, which would bring them
closer to having the capability for nuclear weapons," Blix said. 
 
"What would cause them to feel safe? The guarantee of a non-attack," he
added. Blix dismissed military strikes, or the pressure created by the
threat of such action, as failed means to end nuclear programs. 
 
"The best way to guarantee security is a WMD free zone," Blix said. He
said the Middle East should go down the road of the Korean peninsula,
where both North and South Korea committed themselves to ridding the
region of WMDs. 
 
"If all countries in the Middle East commit themselves not to have a
nuclear fuel cycle, that would create such a zone," Blix said. He added
that he was not asking Israel to destroy its alleged nuclear arsenal, but
to "end the reprocessing of uranium." 
 
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