Olmert's embarrassing week

To have nuclear weapons... as Israel

First came this interview on Sat.1 where Israeli PM Ehud Olmert apparently unveils that Israel has a nuclear arsenal. This has been an open secret for decades, despite the Israeli policy called עמימות ('amimut, "opacity") and consisting in a deliberate ambiguity on the matter.

Then there was this footage aired by Israeli station Channel 10. Olmert is seen coaching his Italian counterpart Romano Prodi about what to say at a joint press conference. Olmert tells Prodi to mention that the Palestinian cabinet should recognize Israel and asks the Italian PM to stress that Israel should remain "a Jewish state". This is a quite obvious reference against the "right of return" of the Palestinian refugees and their descendants to their original homeland, which would alter the Jewish ethnic-religious supremacy within Israel. A nice slap in the face to the old-fashioned liberal idea that all citizens should be equal before the law irrespective of their ethnic background or of their religious credo. Prodi cheerful obeyed.

(Update, January 21: This is the video.

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