IAEA's Selective Blindness on Nuclear Risks
📰 THE STORY: Al Jazeera reports that the UN nuclear watchdog (IAEA) is discussing nuclear safety risks in Ukraine, particularly concerns about Russian attacks on electrical substations potentially cutting power to nuclear plants and increasing meltdown risks. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: While the IAEA expresses alarm over Ukraine, it has infamously failed to hold
accountable nations like Israel, which has maintained an undeclared nuclear arsenal for decades, estimated at 80-400 warheads, outside any international safeguards. This double standard goes back to the 1960s, with successive US administrations actively covering for Israel's program, despite the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) it refused to sign. Mordechai Vanunu, who exposed Israel's Dimona
reactor in 1986, was kidnapped and imprisoned for 18 years, a fate the IAEA conveniently ignores while scrutinizing less significant issues. Double Standard: The media widely amplifies IAEA warnings about Ukraine, framing Russia's actions as recklessly endangering global safety. Yet, there is a deafening silence from the same outlets and the IAEA itself regarding the massive environmental
degradation and potential nuclear risks posed by depleted uranium munitions used by NATO forces in places like Iraq (1991, 2003) and the Balkans, which have led to increased cancer rates and birth defects for decades after the conflicts. Furthermore, the IAEA never raised global alarm when the US under George W. Bush abandoned the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, escalating nuclear