http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/04/18/islamic-jihad-strikes-israel-with-suicide-bombing-but-its-all-irans-fault/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:23:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/04/18/islamic-jihad-strikes-israel-with-suicide-bombing-but-its-all-irans-fault/#comment-2891 moon Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:44:37 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2006/04/18/islamic-jihad-strikes-israel-with-suicide-bombing-but-its-all-irans-fault/#comment-2891 Everybody with 'peace' at heart knows that 'now is the time for diplomacy'. Not enough people though appear to recognise that the cornerstone to that diplomacy is Israel's nuclear DISARMAMENT. If it is not possible to begin the process of Israeli nuclear disarmament, however small these beginnings, then it is not possible for diplomacy to slow Iranian movement towards its own nuclear deterrent. The alternative to diplomacy is war. The choice then, imo, is Israeli nuclear disarmament or inexorable advance toward world war. Everybody with ‘peace’ at heart knows that ‘now is the time for diplomacy’. Not enough people though appear to recognise that the cornerstone to that diplomacy is Israel’s nuclear DISARMAMENT. If it is not possible to begin the process of Israeli nuclear disarmament, however small these beginnings, then it is not possible for diplomacy to slow Iranian movement towards its own nuclear deterrent.
The alternative to diplomacy is war. The choice then, imo, is Israeli nuclear disarmament or inexorable advance toward world war.

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