Edmonton Sun | 03Jun2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.edmontonsun.com/comment/letters/2010/06/02/14233881.html
Naturally curious
Having read Mindelle Jacob’s disputatious column “Perpetual bad guys,”
Edmonton Sun, June 2, 2010, I notice she equates “Israel bashers” with
“anti-Semites.” Recently, South Africa disclosed how in 1975 Israel
offered to sell nuclear warheads to its apartheid regime; that is, the
Jewish state was willing to arm a racist and white supremacist regime
with the most lethal arsenal of all and help make it militarily
invincible. Did such disclosure of damning documents constitute
Israel-bashing by present-day South African authorities? Was their
display of openness tantamount to anti-Semitism, given how bad it made
Israel look? I’m naturally curious.
Orest Slepokura
(Depends on the
individual, as with most faith and politics.)
Edmonton Sun | 10Jun2010 | Mike Fegelman
http://www.edmontonsun.com/comment/2010/06/09/14327481.html
Claims baseless
Orest Slepokura's claims [Edmonton Sun, 03Jun2010] that Israel intended
to sell nuclear warheads to apartheid South Africa in the '70s are
baseless. Israel's current president, Shimon Peres, (who was defence
minister at the time) vehemently denied these allegations that were
first printed in the Guardian, a U.K. newspaper that constantly proves
its disdain towards Israel. Peres's office described the alleged
evidence as "completely fabricated." Finally, with respect to issues
surrounding Israel's nuclear ambiguity policy, Israel has never tested,
used or threatened the use of nuclear weapons, has called for the
creation of a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East and has stated that
it will not be the first state to introduce nuclear weapons into the
region.
Mike Fegelman
HonestReporting Canada
(Now, what to do about
Iran?)