While Prince Saud blamed Israel for starting a nuclear arms race in the Middle East , his implication that a nuclear-weapons-free Gulf might precede a regionwide nuclear-weapons-free zone is a nuanced departure from longstanding Arab insistence that regional arms control can not begin without Israel 's denuclearization .
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