# Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal… The Silent Terrorism Protected by the World

Mohieddin Ghunaim
In one of the most striking paradoxes of our time, the world today stands as a witness to a grand political spectacle titled “Preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons,” while the far more dangerous truth is buried beneath complicit international silence: Israel possesses a full nuclear arsenal capable of destroying the Middle East many times over — without accountability, without sanctions, and without even serious discussion.
The issue is not Iran alone; it is the collapse of the very concept of international justice.
Major powers that loudly warn day and night about the dangers of Iran’s uranium enrichment know perfectly well that Israel has, for decades, possessed hundreds of nuclear warheads, delivery missiles, and submarines capable of ensuring a second nuclear strike. Yet the world has never witnessed an emergency UN Security Council session to address Israel’s nuclear capabilities, nor a single sanction imposed, nor even a military threat directed at Tel Aviv.
Why?
Because the real problem in today’s world is not nuclear weapons themselves — but who possesses them.
Israel is not merely a nuclear state outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; it is the only country practicing a policy of “nuclear ambiguity” under complete American protection — a historical precedent that has transformed international law into a selective instrument applied against the weak while suspended for allies.
Washington, which threatens war to prevent certain states from reaching the nuclear threshold, is the very power that has provided political, military, and technological cover allowing Israel’s nuclear arsenal to remain beyond any form of oversight. Thus, the Middle East becomes hostage to a nuclear power bound by neither legal nor moral commitments.
More dangerously, this international silence does not prevent nuclear proliferation — it encourages it.
When nations of the region witness one state monopolizing nuclear weapons while enjoying absolute immunity, while others face isolation merely for pursuing what they describe as peaceful nuclear programs, the message becomes clear: security is not protected by law, but imposed through power.
This double standard is no longer merely a political flaw; it has become a direct threat to global stability. A world that allows an unmonitored nuclear arsenal to exist in one of the most volatile regions on Earth while speaking of preventing wars is practicing political deception — nothing more.
The truth the West attempts to ignore is that Israel’s nuclear capability lies at the heart of the deterrence dilemma in the Middle East, fueling arms races and trapping the region in a permanent equation of fear.
One cannot demand a nuclear-free Middle East while pre-emptively exempting Israel from any obligation. Nor can international law retain credibility when used as a political weapon against specific states.
The most dangerous nuclear weapon in the world is not the one openly declared — but the one protected by silence.
In an era where justice is measured by the balance of power, one question continues to haunt the conscience of the world — if such a conscience still exists:
How does nuclear capability become a crime when pursued by Iran or any Arab state, yet a legitimate right when possessed by Israel?
Writer from Jordan
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