Final_Judgment

733 Final Word? [635]
identify Israel as a nuclear power and force it to open its facilities to
international inspectors."
The Tribune described this as "an uncomfortable predicament" for the
United States which has been trying to discourage the arms race between
India and Pakistan but at the same time ignoring Israel's continuing nuclear
arms build-up, noting that the affair "could embarrass Israel as the only
nation in the region that refuses to sign the [Nuclear Non-Proliferation]
Treaty." The Tribune said that "Israeli officials, who for the first time
declined to attend the conference as observers, say they won't change their
policy, which they maintain is the cornerstone of Israel's survival in a
hostile region."
Writing in the September/October 1998 Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists (prior to the release of his book, Israel and the Bomb), Avner
Cohen summarized the nature of Israel's nuclear drive, asserting: "The
nuclear program was probably the most complicated project Israel has ever
undertaken—the most sensitive politically, the costliest, the most
challenging technologically, and the most secretive. In a sense, the nuclear
program was the ultimate Zionist project. It was designed to insure the
physical existence of the state of Israel . . ."
Now, however, "this ultimate Zionist project" (that played such a
clearly critical factor in the JFK assassination conspiracy) is facing the
attention of the world.
BILL CLINTON WEIGHS IN—JFK-STYLE
For his own part, JFK's longtime admirer, President Bill Clinton, dared
to incur the wrath of the Israeli lobby in the spring of 1999 by publicly
addressing Israel's "secret" bomb.
On May 14, 1999, the influential Jewish weekly, Forward, published
an article expressing outrage and concern that "President Clinton is raising
for the first time public concerns about Israel's nuclear program." The
article pointed out that some 35 members of the U.S. Congress had written a
letter to Clinton expressing concerns about imprisoned Israeli nuclear
engineer Mordechai Vanunu who was the first to publicly expose—firsthand—
Israel's nuclear bomb production program.
Responding in a letter dated April 22, 1999 to Rep. Lynn Rivers (D-
Mich.), President Clinton did more than just express his own concerns about
Vanunu's plight. Clinton also said that "I . . . share your concerns about the
Israeli nuclear program. We have repeatedly urged Israel and other nonparties
to the Non-Proliferation Treaty to adhere to the Treaty and accept
comprehensive International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards."
Forward reported that "Jewish leaders reacted with shock at news that
Mr. Clinton had weighed in on Mr. Vanunu and Israel's nuclear program,"
and cited the reaction of ADL director Abe Foxman (a vocal critic of Final
Judgment) who also attacked Clinton, saying: "I can't believe the president
would send such a letter. These are very sensitive issues. It is so
judgmental."