Who Threatens Whom in the Middle East: A de facto acknowledgement by the US that Israel is a nuclear power threatening the Middle East in contrast to Iran’s nonexistent nuclear weapons program. Moreover, as detailed below, the IDA report tacitly portrays Israel’s nuclear weapons program as an extension of that of the United States. [...]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani demanded on Thursday that Israel to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, a step that would require Israel to dismantle the nuclear weapons it has never publicly acknowledged that it possesses. It's a time-honored talking point from Tehran's leaders. But it comes with an ironic twist. [...]