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- Former Defense Minister, leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, claimed that the Saudi nuclear program would end with possessing nuclear weapons and would ignite an arms race in the Middle East.

- Israel is the only country in the Middle East that possesses a nuclear arsenal, which is undeclared and not subject to supervision by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

- The Wall Street Journal said the United States and Saudi Arabia would sign an agreement Wednesday allowing a civilian nuclear program in the kingdom, while Washington and Riyadh did not comment.

Former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday called on Benjamin Netanyahu's government to "strongly oppose" any US-Saudi agreement that allows Riyadh to establish a civilian nuclear program.

This came in response to a report published by the American Wall Street Journal on Tuesday evening regarding President Donald Trump's approval of the agreement, which is expected to be signed on Wednesday.

Lieberman, leader of the opposition right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, claimed that the Saudi civilian nuclear program "would end with possessing nuclear weapons and lead to a frantic arms race throughout the Middle East."

Israel is the only country in the Middle East that possesses a nuclear arsenal, which is officially undeclared and not subject to supervision by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Lieberman added via the American company X platform: "Israel must make its position clear: We will oppose this with all our might."

He called on the Israeli government to take a decisive stance before the US Congress to stop the agreement.

In remarks to the official broadcasting authority on Wednesday, Lieberman claimed that "every military nuclear program begins with a civilian nuclear program," citing the Iranian program.

He considered that allowing uranium enrichment inside Saudi Arabia constitutes "crossing red lines" and that the agreement is "completely unacceptable."

Lieberman called on Israel and its supportive groups in the United States to confront the agreement and convince Congress to vote against it, adding: "We must be firm, not hesitant."

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