Abu Juwairiya
Junior Member
"When Israel started to develop its nuclear programme in 1956, contrary to America’s opposition to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the latter turned a blind eye. Recently declassified CIA documents show
that, by 1961, the US was certainly aware of Israel’s nuclear weapons making capacity.
The American stance of pretending not to know what Israel was up to in the nuclear field has been maintained ever since. It was France in fact that started Israel on the nuclear path. The French, who had been arming the Jewish State since 1953, gave it its nuclear reactor in that year to be installed in the late 1950s at Dimona in the Negev.
Partly in revenge against the Arabs for their support of the Algerian revolution, they co-operated closely with Israel on nuclear arms research, elevating it to the ranks of the tiny number of nuclear states at the time. Consequently, Israel today has a reported 200 nuclear warheads or more." (Source: 'Married to another man, Israel's dilemma in Palestine' By Ghada Karmi, P 27, 2007)
that, by 1961, the US was certainly aware of Israel’s nuclear weapons making capacity.
The American stance of pretending not to know what Israel was up to in the nuclear field has been maintained ever since. It was France in fact that started Israel on the nuclear path. The French, who had been arming the Jewish State since 1953, gave it its nuclear reactor in that year to be installed in the late 1950s at Dimona in the Negev.
Partly in revenge against the Arabs for their support of the Algerian revolution, they co-operated closely with Israel on nuclear arms research, elevating it to the ranks of the tiny number of nuclear states at the time. Consequently, Israel today has a reported 200 nuclear warheads or more." (Source: 'Married to another man, Israel's dilemma in Palestine' By Ghada Karmi, P 27, 2007)