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LATEST PRESS RELEASES

January 7, 2008

Online Poll Recognizes Their Efforts to Zero-Out Funding for a Controversial New Nuclear Warhead Program

December 4, 2007
By Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director, Arms Control Association
November 6, 2007
Media Advisory
September 27, 2007

Documents surfaced this week outlining an Israeli proposal for criteria that nuclear suppliers should use in determining eligible recipients for nuclear commerce. That “criteria-based” approach contrasts sharply with the Bush administration’s pursuit of “India-specific” exemptions to existing U.S. and international nuclear commerce rules. Not only does the Israeli proposal underscore that bending rules for one state will increase pressure from others for similar favours, Israel’s dozen criteria highlights shortcomings in India’s bid for special treatment. (Continue)

June 6, 2007

As the world prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Arab-Israeli or Six-Day War, this month’s issue of Arms Control Today reveals the previously hidden role that the war played in pushing Israel to become a nuclear weapons power. (Continue)