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Israel maintains a policy of deliberate ambiguity, never officially denying nor admitting to having nuclear weapons, instead repeating over the years that "Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons to the Middle East".
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. For the 1991 book, see The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Samson Option According to the biblical narrative, Samson died when he grasped two pillars of the Temple of Dagon, and "bowed himself with all his might" (Judges 16:30, KJV). This has been variously ...
Israel The Nuclear Potential of Individual Countries Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Problems of Extension Appendix 2 Russian Federation Foreign Intelligence Service April 6, 1995; The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy by Seymour M. Hersh, New York: Random House, 1991
That during the 1991 Gulf War Israel pointed nuclear armed mobile missiles at Iraq. That Israel holds a few neutron bombs in addition to several hundred other nuclear weapons. That U.S. policy towards Israel's nuclear program "was not just one of benign neglect: it was a conscious policy of ignoring reality."
The site at the center of the nation's undeclared atomic weapons program is undergoing what appears to be its biggest construction project in decades, satellite photos analyzed by The Associated ...
Israel operates a heavy water cooled and moderated nuclear reactor called "IRR-2" (Israel Research Reactor-2) at the Negev Nuclear Research Center (NRCN) near Dimona [8] officially for research purposes, although many believe the installation's true purpose is the production of nuclear materials for use in Israel's nuclear weapons. [9]
The debate over whether Israel should attack Iran’s nuclear facilities is roiling Washington as the Biden administration seeks to temper its ally’s response to Tehran’s missile attack.
[71] [72] [73] According to Israeli historian Avner Cohen, Israel's policy on nuclear weapons, which was set down in 1966, revolves around four "red lines" which could lead to an Israeli nuclear response: A successful military penetration into populated areas within Israel's borders. The destruction of the Israeli Air Force.