Israeli PM rejects UN nuclear moves
30 May 2010 | 
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CBC News 30 May, 2010
A resolution from a United Nations conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty unfairly singles out Israel while ignoring Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during an exclusive interview with CBC.
In a broad-ranging discussion with the CBC's Peter Mansbridge, airing Sunday night, the prime minister described the resolution as "flawed."
The resolution was released Friday after a month-long conference and calls on Israel to sign on to the treaty, a move that would allow the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency to essentially regulate Israel's nuclear capabilities and inspect facilities.
"I thought that was a particularly distorted and flawed resolution because it singled out Israel, the only true democrcy in the Middle East and the only country anywhere on Earth threatened with annihilation," Netanyahu said.
"Yet it failed to mention Iran, which brazenly violates the Non-Proliferation Treaty, is racing to arm itself with atomic weapons and openly expresses its wish to see Israel wiped off the face of the Earth," he added.
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