BARAK TO BARACK: SORRY, WE WON'T EVER SIGN THE NPT

HAARETZ:

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that Israel would not be pressured into signing the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, stressing that unlike other countries, Israel had never threatened to destroy another nation.

"There is no room to pressure Israel to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel has never threatened to annihilate other nations and peoples, while today Iran, and also Syria, Libya and Iraq in the past, all of whom signed this treaty, have systematically violated its stipulations while explicitly threatening Israel's existence," Barak said during a memorial service for fallen Israel Defense Forces soldiers at the Defense Ministry.

These days," he went on to say, "the threats against Israel have not ceased. Facing these threats is a strong army, ready and prepared, with the entire Israeli people behind it."

On Tuesday, United States President Barack Obama urged all countries, including Israel, to sign the international nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT.

"Whether we're talking about Israel or any other country, we think that becoming part of the NPT is important," Obama said. "And that, by the way, is not a new position. That's been a consistent position of the United States government, even prior to my administration."

OBAMA THINKS HE CAN PRESSURE ISRAEL ON THE NUCLEAR FRONT TWO WAYS:

1. BY FORCING THEM TO SIGN THE NPT,
2. OR BY MAKING IT CLEAR TO ISRAEL THAT AS NON-SIGNATORIES, ISRAEL COULD BE TARGETED FOR NUCLEAR RETALIATION BY THE USA - UNDER OBAMA'S NEW STRATEGY.

IF OBAMA WASN'T A LIFELONG ANTI-ZIONIST WHO WAS MORE INTERESTED IN AIDING THE ARABS, THEN HE'D BE MORE CONCERNED WITH THE SIGNATORIES WHO HAVE VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THE NOT - LIKE... IRAN.