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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE48S6K420080929
Israel Slams Fresh Arab Move to Isolate It at IAEA
[Reuters] Mark Heinrich - Israel Monday condemned a renewed Arab effort to isolate it at a UN atomic watchdog meeting in Vienna. After Arab League states with Iran's backing prepared to table a resolution on "Israel's nuclear capabilities," Israel filed a motion for the Arab move to be struck off the agenda. "Among sponsors of this draft resolution are states which openly do not recognize the State of Israel and even call for its annihilation," said Israel Atomic Energy Commission Director Shaul Chorev. "What is the moral standing of sponsors of this agenda item who do not recognize Israel's right to exist while criticizing Israeli policies aiming at securing its very existence?" Chorev said Israel had long backed a Middle East free of nuclear arms and other weapons of mass destruction in principle. "But this cannot be advanced out of context. It can only emerge gradually from a process of mutual acceptance, reconciliation and lasting peace."