Both Obama and Bush urge Israel to sign the NPT without acknowleging that Israel has nukes. Hmmm... Why do they hate us?
Obama: "…as far as Israel goes, I'm not going to comment on their [nuclear] program ... we have urged all countries to become members of the NPT. ... That's been a consistent position of the United States government, even prior to my administration."
QUESTION: Does the United States, then, feel that the Israeli nuclear program, which is now out -- Avner Cohen has written a full book on it, Mordechai Vanunu spent 18 years in jail because of it. It's obvious that they do have such a nuclear program. Does the United States consider that that's absolutely essential to Israel's security?
BOUCHER: I'm not making judgments or presumptions about that. We've had a view on the universal adherence to the Non-Proliferation Treaty that we've expressed many times, that applies in all cases.
QUESTION: But Israel is not a member, has refused to be a member. BOUCHER: That's right. We encourage all nations to be members and adhere to the Non-Proliferation Treaty.