Israel Fears Obama Will Stop Hiding Its Nuclear 'Secret'

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http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-21/israel-fears-obama-will-stop-hiding-its-nuclear-secret-

The Israeli government is worried the Obama administration will allow a U.N. conference this week to adopt a resolution that could compel Israel to acknowledge its nuclear arsenal.

At issue is a proposal at the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference that would empower the U.N. secretary general to organize a conference to pursue a Middle East free of nukes and other weapons of mass destruction.

Israel is one of three nuclear states (along with Pakistan and India) that have not signed the treaty. But unlike Pakistan and India, Israel has never formally acknowledged that it has nuclear weapons.

Egypt and other Arab states have pressed for a nuclear-free Middle