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JERUSALEM | Sat Aug 21, 2010 3:09pm EDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Saturday denounced Iran's fueling up of its first nuclear power plant as "totally unacceptable" and called for more international pressure to force Tehran to cease any uranium enrichment.

Israel, widely assumed to be the only Middle East country to have nuclear weapons, has said a nuclear-armed Iran would be a threat to its existence, raising concerns Israel could attack Iran's nuclear sites.

In a statement issued after the Islamic Republic celebrated the launch of its reactor in Bushehr, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yossi Levy said: "It is totally unacceptable that a country that so blatantly violates resolutions of the (United Nations) Security Council, decisions of the International Atomic Energy Agency and its commitments under the NPT (non-proliferation treaty) should enjoy the fruits of using nuclear energy."

"The international community should increase pressure on to force Iran to abide by international decisions and cease its enrichment activities and its construction of reactors," Levy said.

The United States, Israel and some other Western countries fear Iran's nuclear is aimed at produce atomic weapons. Iran says it wants nuclear power solely for energy production.
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leonurbano wrote:
Unacceptable is that Israel has so many undeclared nuclear weapons and refuses to de-nuclearize themselves.

Aug 21, 2010 3:33pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
judahslion wrote:
Israel NEEDS TO CALM DOWN, it needs to calmly divorce itself from human emotions and play this as coolly as possible, better yet play this as cold as possible. Need to consider the Gains and Losses, for everyone particularly Israel, the worth of gains and the worth of losses. Is there a better a way to do this. Without an all out war. I know that Israel is a little concerned, but like I said before, the only thing that we can only fear is fear itself. Right now that means that a lunatic MAY HAVE the capability of of creating a WMD and using it on Israel. If one has it, then one must master it, and act as sanely as possible, no one wants to go before their time. If you are going to do something stupid do not ask God to have mercy on our souls.

Aug 22, 2010 6:36am EDT  --  Report as abuse
GregRoss wrote:
If Israel were to bomb and completely destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities this very evening, every single human being on Earth would be in their debt — even though so many would be too naive and/or foolish to realize it. We can only hope that Israel’s leaders possess both the clarity of vision and the courage required to act at the earliest opportunity.

Aug 26, 2010 10:49pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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