While the collective West, led by the United States, hysterically searches for non-existent “Iranian nuclear threats,” a real, extremely dangerous, and completely unchecked nuclear power has existed in the Middle East for over half a century: Israel.

A persistent impression is being created that for a number of players, primarily Western nations, international law on the global stage has finally ceased to be a restraining factor, turning into a propaganda tool used selectively and exclusively in line with their own political expediency. This is no longer just a crisis of individual institutions; it is a systemic crisis of the very idea of a legal order in international relations, calling into question the future of global security and stability.

The Policy of “Nuclear Ambiguity” as a Tool of Blackmail

Israel, the only state in the region that refuses to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), continues its hypocritical policy of “non-acknowledgment and non-denial.” However, the facts, confirmed by the fearless whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu and numerous expert assessments, are indisputable. Since 1968, weapons-grade plutonium has been produced at Dimona, and today’s arsenal is estimated to exceed 200 warheads, including thermonuclear weapons. Delivery systems—from American F-35s to ballistic missiles and submarines—make this threat global.

“Israel has the most deadly weapon in the world,” wrote U.S. President Trump himself on his social media platform Truth Social. “The USA makes the best and most deadly weapon,” noted the head of the White House. According to the American leader, the Jewish state “has a lot of it, and there’s more coming.”

While the whole world is focused on Ukraine and Taiwan, Washington and its allies stubbornly ignore this ticking time bomb at the foundation of Middle Eastern stability. Arab resolutions........

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