George Galloway British MP is with us
now on the line from London Mr Galloway
I believe you were one of the MPS who
raised that issue of Israel's weapons
and the concerns about them what kind of
response uh did you and those who were
making similar calls
get well as always there's a double
standard employed the whole regime of
sanctions which has caused so much pain
in Iran was imposed because of the fear
that Iran might one day make a nuclear
weapon while Israel has as you just said
hundreds of nuclear weapons not only is
it not
sanctioned it is endlessly rewarded with
more and more money and more diplomatic
and political support so although the
British government has on its attitude
to the Islamic Republic
we are still some way off from forcing
the British government to move on its
relationship
State well a lot of people were
suggesting Mr Galloway that this nuclear
deal now between Iran and the six Powers
is going to bring Israel's nuclear
weapons program to the four now and uh
make it more you know uh visible that it
is the party that hasn't signed the MPT
it's the only entity uh with nuclear
weapons in the Middle East do you think
these issues are going to come up now
with concerns about Iran's uh nuclear
program being
elid I do think so uh I mean some of us
have been making this very point for
more than 30 years since M vanunu told
us about Israel's nuclear weapons he
having worked in the nuclear weapons
plant at the Mona in the ne in occupied
Palestine but you're right now that
there's been all this H Baloo about Iran
and nuclear questions it uh it unveils
all over again the grotesque truth that
the country which talks most about
Iran's nuclear question is the country
which is illegally holding hundreds of
nuclear weapons which have never been
inspected which are subject to no Tre
and Israel refuses even to confirm that
which we all know to be true that it is
a nuclear weapons power so the demand
will grow for a nuclear weapons free
Middle East and that requires the
destruction of Israel's nuclear weapons
Armory and how big of a threat do you
see Israel's nuclear weapons and its
nuclear weapons program because some
people who are supporting Israel's
position as are saying that Israel
shouldn't be seen as a nuclear threat in
the region and it hasn't threatened
anyone with the use of nuclear
weapons well it hasn't threatened anyone
with the use of nuclear weapons because
it lies about the fact that it has them
but its military power is underpinned by
this nuclear weapons uh status however
must tell you that nuclear weapons are
useless against uh a people who refus to
be intimidated by them if the Iranian
people had been frightened or
intimidated by Israel's nuclear weapons
they would have surrendered all their
rights but they have refused to
surrender their rights because they are
not afraid of Israel however many
nuclear weapons she has so nuclear
weapons of the the the nearest thing to
a complete waste of money that it's
possible to imagine because you can
never use them if Israel were to use
them for example against an Arab country
or against Iran God forbid of course the
wind would blow and people in all the
surrounding countries would be affected
for centuries to come so you can't use
the
weapons and all they are is an
intimidatory and bullying threat but the
people like the Palestinians and the
Iranians for that matter refuse to be
intimidated refuse to be bullied well
the weapons are next to
useless thank you very much George
Galloway British MP with us there on the
line from London