Arab ministers warn of risks posed by Israeli nuclear reactor

Palestinian Minister of Environment Yousef Abu Safia warned of a nuclear disaster in the Middle East.

He said that photos taken by the satellites revealed corrosion in the preventive walls of the Israeli Dimona reactor located in El-Nakeb dessert near the Egyptian border.

He accused Israel of burying prohibited waste in the Palestinian occupied territories, saying that warehouses were found for burying the waste in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, the Arab environment ministers council on Saturday warned against the danger posed by Israel's dumping of toxic and radiant wastes into the mediterranean on safety of the Arab nation and mediterranean countries.

Following the conclusion of its one-day 10th meeting that was held at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, the council stressed the importance of highlighting this issue in the international media bodies concerned with the international atomic energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Environment program.

The council denounced Israel's measures of polluting the Environment in the Palestinian territories, which poses a serous threat to the Palestinian Environemnt and safety of humans, animals and plants.

The council decided that the slogan of the 1999's Arab environment day is "protecting the environment, education and responsibility," and that the council's award for next year would be under the title of "tourism and envirnment."