Dissident Veteran For Peace: Chuck Schumer on Israel's Nuclear Weapons

Dissident Veteran For Peace

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Friday, August 16, 2019

Chuck Schumer on Israel's Nuclear Weapons

Here's the video description from the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy:

National Press Club 2/27/2017 Senator Chuck Schumer admits to journalist Sam Husseini that Israel has nuclear weapons. Under the Arms Export Control Act, the U.S. may not provide foreign aid to countries outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) absent waivers and sanctions.

Despite Israel's status outside the NPT congress passes multi-billion dollar aid packages every year, which the president signs into law.

Transcript follows: CH = Chuck Schumer, SH = Sam Husseini

Schumer is much less reticent to talk about Iran and nuclear weapons. In 2015, he called for "tougher and tougher sanctions" against Tehran and asserted: "A nuclear Iran is not only an existential threat to Israel, it is also a huge threat to the U.S. and the rest of the world.

Labels: Iran, Israel, Israel Lobby, nuclear weapons, politics, United States