Demand to investigate Burg for treason
Burg was Knesset Speaker from 1999 to 2003 with the Labor party. The calls to investigate him come after a recent statement, in which he said: “Enough ambiguity – Israel has nuclear and chemical weapons, and we need to have an open, bold public debate about it.”
According to Maariv, the Legal Forum sent a letter to the State Prosecution and to police calling to investigate Burg.
The Forum argued that during Burg’s years as the Knesset Speaker and as a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, he was exposed to Israeli state secrets. “Now he is deciding unilaterally to reveal Israel’s nuclear and chemical capabilities to the enemy, and the world, and even encouraged other Members of Knesset to do the same,” the group argued.
Israel has traditionally maintained a policy of nuclear ambiguity.
Burg is reportedly expected to head a conference in the near future which will discuss Israel’s alleged nuclear and chemical weapons.Burg's father must be turning over in his grave.
Labels: Avram Burg, Israeli nuclear capability, nuclear ambiguity, vinegar son of wine
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:31 PM
2 Comments:
It is something of a catch-22 isn't it. If Israel prosecutes him for treason, for revealing state secrets, that would be a tacit admission that what he has said is true.
Its never going to happen.
Israel's leftist Attorney General won't prosecute a fellow leftist for treason and that hasn't happened in the past and it won't happen in the future.
Avram Burg's political views render him immune from indictment, a fact of life every one in Israel knows.
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