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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Chemical Weapons Convention

A technician works to destroy the United States' chemical weapons stockpile at the US Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, June 8, 2023, in Pueblo, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
July 7, 2023, 8:23 am
US finally destroying the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile
Officials believe initiative will encourage other countries to comply with 1997 international Chemical Weapons Convention – which Israel has signed but not ratified
By Andrew DeMillo, Thomas Peipert and DYLAN LOVAN
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at a meeting of 29 diplomats pushing for sanctions and criminal charges against the perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria, at the Foreign Affairs ministry in Paris on January 23, 2018. (AFP Photo/JacquesDemarthon)
January 23, 2018, 11:53 pm
World powers step up pressure on Syria, Russia over chemical attacks
Tillerson accuses Moscow of ‘shielding’ war crimes, says it ‘ultimately bears responsibility’ for suspected chlorine gas use against civilians
By Joseph Schmid
Emily B. Landau
April 9, 2017, 2:31 pm
Emily B. Landau
America’s strike wasn’t about Syria
The US sent a deterrent message to dangerous regimes — WMD will not be tolerated — but policing them will be a challenge
Illustrative photo of a chemical weapons stockpile (photo credit: CC BY-jenspie3/Flickr)
October 27, 2016, 3:50 pm
Russia to destroy all of its chemical weapons by 2018
Moscow, a signatory to chemical weapons treaty, has already disposed of 93% of its stockpile, the world’s largest
By AP
Investigators take samples from sand near a part of a missile that was suspected of carrying chemical agents, according to activists, in the countryside of Ain Terma, Syria, August 28, 2013. (AP/United Media Office of Arbeen, File)
October 23, 2016, 11:48 am
US condemns Assad’s ‘defiance’ on chemical weapons use
White House slams Syrian regime after United Nations report pins 3 chlorine attacks on government forces
By AFP
In this Jan. 21, 2010, file photo, Debra Michaels, Chemical Operations Manager demonstrates a gas chromatograph inside a mobile testing lab at the Army's Pueblo Chemical Storage facility in Pueblo, Colo. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)
September 1, 2016, 3:15 pm
US set to destroy big chemical weapon stockpile
780,000 mustard agent-filled artillery shells to be dismantled and neutralized in compliance with international treaty
By Dan Elliott
Employees in protective gear holding a dummy grenade during a demonstration at a chemical weapons disposal facility in Munster, northern Germany, October 30, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/ Phillip Guelland)
May 1, 2016, 5:06 pm
Watchdog seeks to keep chemical weapons out of terrorist hands
Hague-based group trying to woo last 4 countries — Egypt, Israel, North Korea and South Sudan — to join Chemical Weapons Convention
By AP and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, March 10, 2015 (Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool)
June 1, 2015, 11:22 pm
Ya’alon: Threat of chemical attack greatly reduced
Defense minister says removal of weapons from Syria lessens danger, but IDF must remain vigilant
By Stuart Winer
Employees in protective gear holding a dummy grenade during a demonstration at a chemical weapons disposal facility in Munster, northern Germany, October 30, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/ Phillip Guelland)
December 11, 2014, 11:11 am
Chemical arms official urges allies to pressure Israel into joining pact
Expert from OPCW watchdog claims to know size of Israel’s chemical weapons stockpile; after Syria threat neutralized, organization looks to convince Jerusalem to ratify convention
By Lazar Berman
Illustrative photo: Children receive oxygen in Kfar Zeita, a rebel-held village in Hama province, Syria, after an alleged chemical attack, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network)
May 8, 2014, 4:21 pm
Israel: Assad has killed with poison gas 30 times since August
Regime, which signed convention against use last summer, developing range of ‘non-classic’ chemical weapons, senior IDF officer says
By Mitch Ginsburg and Adiv Sterman
Iran's President Hasan Rouhani speaks to the UN General Assembly, September 24 (photo credit: UN screenshot)
September 27, 2013, 6:38 am
Rouhani: Palestinians shouldn’t have to pay for Nazi crimes against the Jews
Iranian leader won’t rule out supporting two-state solution, says Iran will accept whatever Palestine decides
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
A postal service employe walks next to columns of gas mask kits at a distribution center in Jerusalem, August 29, 2013 (photo credit: Flash90)
September 17, 2013, 6:18 pm
‘Should there be a need’: The inside story of Israel’s chemical and biological arsenal
What weapons does the Jewish state possess? Why did it seek them? And could Assad’s apparent capitulation prompt calls for a wider cleansing?
By Mitch Ginsburg
Workers are seen at the Shalon gas mask factory in Kiryat Gat, Israel, in August 2013 (photo credit: AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
September 17, 2013, 1:13 am
Syria deal shines light on Israeli capabilities
With a US-Russia brokered agreement to eliminate Assad’s chemical weapons on the table, some say it’s Israel’s turn to come clean
By Josef Federman
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