Satellite imagery has revealed intensified construction work at the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, Al Mayadeen reported.
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit has revealed what he called a “secret agreement” between the United States and Israel under which Washington pledged to remain silent about Israel’s nuclear arsenal in exchange for its permanent secrecy, the Lebanese news agency Al Mayadeen reported on Monday.
“The agreement stipulates that Israel pledges never to speak, no matter how many centuries pass, about its nuclear arsenal, while America, in turn, promises to remain silent,” Aboul Gheit reportedly said in a televised interview with Egypt’s Sada El-Balad channel.
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The report stated that he “accused Washington of deceiving Arab nations, recalling meetings in Cairo and Washington where US officials urged Egypt to ratify the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in return for US pressure on Israel to follow suit.”
Aboul Gheit said “Egypt refused,” noting that such pressure “never materialized.”
Regional ‘Crisis’
The former Egyptian foreign minister noted that Israel was being “shielded by the dominant military-political pole that has ruled the world since the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1990.”
The report stated that Aboul Gheit was of the view that Cairo has deliberately refrained from ratifying conventions on chemical or biological weapons, as it “saw no need for a nuclear deterrent” because “its drawbacks far outweigh any potential benefit.”
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Stating that Egyptian diplomacy has consistently advocated for a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, Aboul Gheil said that international inspections of Israel’s nuclear facilities could become “inevitable”.
He also reportedly said that such developments “could trigger a regional existential crisis, compelling Washington to reconsider its long-standing protection of Israel.”
“Israel couldn’t even use its nuclear weapons during the 1973 war,” Aboul Gheit was quoted as saying.
Satellite Imagery
Meanwhile, satellite imagery has revealed intensified construction work at the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, Al Mayadeen reported, adding it is a site long believed to be central to Israel’s clandestine nuclear weapons program.
It said that the latest images, captured on July 5 by Planet Labs PBC, “show expanded activity at the site, including what appears to be a deep underground facility with multiple levels.”
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The report said thick concrete retaining walls and large cranes “are visible, indicating major development at a previously excavated area.”
It noted that analysts suggest that this “could signal the construction of a new heavy water reactor or possibly a facility for assembling nuclear warheads.”
The report noted “earlier satellite images in 2021 showed the initial stages of digging, a rectangular hole approximately 150 meters long and 60 meters wide, near the site’s original heavy water reactor.”
(Al Mayadeen)
The Zionists are terrified of Iranian attack, like the the Zionists attacked – with US help – Iran!! Cowards! Hiding behind their “Kosher” weapons of mass destruction AND hiding behind the US!!
If it is true, I’m proud of Egypt!