Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2024

Posted: 29th January 2024

The hands of the Doomsday Clock remained at 90 seconds to midnight, in part due to nuclear weapon-armed Israel’s war in Gaza. How big is their arsenal and, with tensions heightening, what is the danger of a nuclear war in the Middle East region?

Israel is the only nuclear weapons state in the Middle East. Because it has never officially declared its nuclear status, the country comes under no international controls and inspections. Now, Israel is at war and other countries and factions in the region are responding. What does Israel’s nuclear arsenal look like, could the war in Gaza spread to a nuclear one, and what can be done to prevent it, asks CND’s Kate Hudson. MORE

Still 90 seconds to midnight

The hands of the Doomsday Clock did not change since last year - the closest they have come to midnight - but the risks certainly did. In addition to nuclear-armed Russia’s war in Ukraine, nuclear-armed Israel is also at war while runaway AI is a potential new existential threat. So why was Bill Nye (“the Science Guy”) talking about himself, football and the need for fission and fusion when the Clock was unveiled last week? MORE

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