Mohammad Al-Baradei quotes:
ON UNITED STATES
World Policy: “The U.S. government demands that other nations not possess nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, it is arming itself,”
Metrolic.com: ElBaradei accused the Western countries of having destroyed in the recent years the possibility of a treaty with Iran on nuclear energy by making many “unrealistic demands.”
ON ISRAEL
YNet: “The Israeli occupation only understands the language of violence.”
Xinhuanet.com: “Israel is the number one threat to the Middle East given the nuclear arms it possesses.”
Al-Reuters: The nuclear non-proliferation regime has “lost its legitimacy in the eyes of Arab public opinion because of the perceived double-standard” in relation to Israel’s nuclear weapons program.
Pal-info: The Palestinian cause is plagued by Israeli violation of holy Islamic shrines, settlement expansion in Jerusalem and building of synagogues
Haaretz: “Above all, we need to halt the glaring breach of core principles of international law such as limitations on the unilateral use of force, proportionality in self-defence and the protection of civilians during hostilities in order to avoid a repeat of the civilian carnage in Iraq and, most recently, in Gaza.”
H/T: Barbara L.