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The first multinational conference on Israeli soil for the purpose of planning for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East was held December 5–6, 2013 in Haifa. On December 7, Arab group participants held a companion symposium in Ramallah, West Bank, to give Palestinians a greater voice and achieve a clearer view of group goals for a more peaceful region. This conference was organized in part out of concern about the lack of progress in official negotiations towards a Middle East nuclear weapon free zone. This conference was formally entitled, "For a Nuclear Weapons and Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East". It was the first time that these issues were publicly discussed in Israel by men and women from various countries who want a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction. This was not the first time Israel’s nuclear capability had been discussed in Israel. In 2000 two Knesset members, Issam Makhoul and Avraham Burg, the co-conveners of the current conference, asked for a discussion by Knesset members of Israel’s Dimona reactor. In response, an estimated two dozen members walked out. The remaining members ultimately engaged in a shouting match. This first venture to publicize Dimona lasted about one hour. Thirteen years later, the same anti-nuclear activists successfully convened a conference on Israeli soil. Adding to the timeliness of such a conference were current disturbances in the region. Syria was in the process of eliminating its stockpile of chemical weapons under the supervision of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the UN, even as it remained entangled in a deadly civil war; In addition, Iran’s nuclear research activities were of great concern and suspicion by other nuclear powers. Involved parties were currently engaged in intense negotiations over them. Adding to the tension was Israel’s rejection of negotiation in favor of a more aggressive response. The remainder of this article covers two important areas: (1) How Israel’s positions impact U.S. politics. (2); Concerns expressed by selected delegates to the conference. (Reports of attendees, like Odile Hugonot Haber provide a description of the overall conference.) ==Political, Military and Moral Issues== Israel is one of five countries that have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (The other four are India, Pakistan, North Korea, and South Sudan.) It is one of six UN states not ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention. (The other five are Angola, Burma, Egypt, North Korea and South Sudan.) In October 2013 ''The Times of Israel'' discussed 'unconfirmed reports' of a meeting on this issue between Israel and Arab nations, but little was accomplished. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Haifa International Conference for a WMD-Free Middle East」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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