FACT CHECK · HISTORY & SECURITY
Claim: Israel should have waited for the world in 1981
FALSETHE ANSWER
UNSC Res. 487 (19 Jun 1981) condemned the strike 15-0 - the US voted yes. In 1991 Cheney gave 1981 IAF chief David Ivry a photo of the ruined reactor: 'made our job much easier in Desert Storm'.
SOURCE
UNSC Resolution 487, 19 June 1981; Cheney's inscribed photo to Gen. David Ivry, 1991 (Washington Post)
un.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · washingtonpost.com
un.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · washingtonpost.com
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