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Piers Morgan presses Blaise Misztal on Israel's nuclear weapons

Middle East Eye's fast-starting Short revisits a 2024 interview in which Misztal distinguishes reported nuclear capabilities from declared ones.

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Piers Morgan accuses pro-Israel analyst of lying over Israel's nuclear weapons

The word "declared" is where Piers Morgan and Blaise Misztal part company. Asked whether Israel is the Middle East's only nuclear power, Misztal replies: "I don't think there are any declared nuclear powers in the Middle East."

Middle East Eye's excerpt from Piers Morgan Uncensored has drawn roughly 170,000 views in half a day, already far beyond its usual first-day audience for Shorts. The footage is older than the upload: its on-screen caption dates the exchange to November 2024.

Misztal, identified as policy vice president at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, says he knows Israel's nuclear arsenal is reported, but does not know it as a fact. He points instead to American nuclear weapons kept in Turkey.

Morgan challenges how that position fits with Misztal's security-policy role. Misztal says he supports American interests, which he believes are served by a close relationship with Israel. When he repeats that he does not know whether Israel has nuclear arms, Morgan responds: "Blaise, you're lying to me."

The distinction behind the exchange is Israel's longstanding policy of nuclear ambiguity: it neither confirms nor denies possessing nuclear weapons, although its arsenal is widely acknowledged internationally. Middle East Eye's clip turns on the gap between that official silence and what Morgan insists his guest should acknowledge.

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