White House Coordinator for WMD Counterterrorism and Arms Control Gary Samore, shown in 2009, yesterday cautioned Arab governments against promoting an International Atomic Energy Agency measure that would call on Israel to increase its nuclear transparency (Evaristo Sa/Getty Images). However, those states today indicated they would not be deterred from increasing the pressure on Jerusalem.
The resolution, slated for consideration at next week's International Atomic Energy Agency General Assembly meeting, was floated by Arab states and adopted narrowly by the nuclear body in 2009. Israel is widely presumed to be the only nuclear-armed nation in the Middle East, although Jerusalem has neither confirmed nor denied possessing nuclear weapons.
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