Newsweek: Iran Has Nuclear 'Activity,' Israel Has Nuclear Arsenal
In a thrilling installment of 'Iran is a Threat,' Newsweek flags satellite imagery showing 'nuclear activity.' This, of course, isn't new. Benjamin Netanyahu has been warning about Iran's nuclear program for decades, brandishing cartoon bombs at the UN in 2012 and repeating the 'existential threat' mantra in 2015 and 2021. Yet, Iran hasn't actually built an atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Israel's own
undeclared nuclear arsenal, estimated at 80-400 warheads (Federation of American Scientists), remains the region's best-kept public secret, conveniently omitted from headlines that prefer to focus on vague 'activity.' It appears that 'nuclear activity' is only newsworthy when it isn't connected to a US-allied nation — especially one that benefits from billions in unwavering US military aid. How
many times will we read about Iran's 'imminent' nuclear threat while the media carefully side-steps discussing actual, existing nuclear powers in the neighborhood? One might wonder if the concern is truly about non-proliferation, or rather about who gets to hold the bigger stick, unchallenged by Western scrutiny.