To Charles Adler | 07Jun2010 | Orest Slepokura
Israel offered
to sell nuclear warheads to South Africa
Charles Adler:
Recently, South Africa disclosed how in 1975 Israel had offered to sell
nuclear warheads to its apartheid regime; that is, the Jewish state was
willing to arm an oppressively racist, white supremacist regime with
the most lethal arsenal of all and help make it militarily invincible.
Did not such disclosure of damning documents constitute Israel-bashing
by present-day South African authorities and was their display of
openness not tantamount to anti-Semitism, if we consider how bad this
made Israel look?
More importantly, Charles, did you set aside time on your radio show to
lead the South African tattlers to the woodshed for this the way you
did today with Helen Thomas? I don't listen to your always excellent
program on a daily basis, I'm afraid, but I'm almost certain you did
highlight the South African news item, revolving as it does around
issues of tolerance toward the Israeli state.
Sincerely,
Orest Slepokura
Strathmore, Alta
Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/23/israel-south-africa-nuclear-weapons
EXCERPT:
"Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell
nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official
documentary evidence of the state's possession of nuclear weapons.
"The 'top secret' minutes of meetings between senior officials from the
two countries in 1975 show that South Africa's defence minister, PW
Botha, asked for the warheads and Shimon Peres, then Israel's defence
minister and now its president, responded by offering them 'in three
sizes'. The two men also signed a broad-ranging agreement governing
military ties between the two countries that included a clause
declaring that 'the very existence of this agreement' was to remain
secret."