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Israel: Nuclear Weapons

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 2945, tabled on 21 November 2023

Question

Kenny MacAskill
Alba Party
East Lothian
Commons

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether Israel possesses nuclear weapons.

Answer

Anne-Marie Trevelyan
Conservative
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Commons

Answered on

27 November 2023

Israel has never declared a nuclear weapons programme. The UK Government continues to encourage Israel to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as a Non-Nuclear Weapon State. We regularly monitor all global nuclear developments and will continue to work with international partners to strengthen the non-proliferation regime and advance multilateral nuclear disarmament. The UK Government closely follows the security situation in the Middle East and maintains a regular dialogue with international counterparts.

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