The Israeli Culture Minister’s words about a nuclear attack on Gaza “raise many questions.” This was said today by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, who asked: “Do we have an official statement that Israel has nuclear weapons? So where are the international organizations? Where is the IAEA? Where are the inspectors?” .
According to Zacharova, such statements explain why Israel is opposed to a Middle East without nuclear weapons. “If this program exists and has existed, where is the testing done? Apparently not in the region. So where? “Is the United States behind it?” continues the speaker, interviewed on television by pro-Kremlin journalist Vladimir Solovyov, and quoted by the Russian news agency Tass. Israeli Minister Amichai Eliyahu declared on Sunday that the atomic bomb on Gaza was “an option,” sparking immediate controversy in Israel and calls for his resignation. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended him from his duties indefinitely. Officially, Israel has never admitted to having a nuclear weapon and has limited itself to saying that it will never be the first country to drop one in the Middle East.