Tag Archives: Israel

Dimona: Israel’s ‘Little Hiroshima’ via Middle East Eye

Posted on 2015/05/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In the early 1950s, after Israel had fought a desperate war of independence in which thousands of Israelis died to ensure the founding of the state, David Ben Gurion, its first prime minister, decided the nation required an existential trump … Continue reading →

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Dimona chief: Cancer rates at nuclear plant similar to those of general public via Haaretz

Posted on 2015/05/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dr. Ehud Netzer says there is no causal connection between working at Negev reactor and illness. The director of the Negev Nuclear Research Center told his staff recently that the incidence of cancer at the Dimona site is similar to … Continue reading →

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US helped Israel with H-bomb – 1980s report declassified via RT

Posted on 2015/02/14 by norma field

The 386-page report, “Critical Technology Assessment in Israel and NATO Nations,” likens top Israeli nuclear facilities to the Los Alamos and Oak Ridge National Laboratories that were key in the development of US nuclear weaponry. Israelis are “developing the kind … Continue reading →

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The 47-year-old nuclear elephant in the room via The Center for Public Integrity

Posted on 2014/09/18 by norma field

A growing number of U.S. experts say that feigning ignorance about Israel’s nuclear arsenal creates more trouble than it averts […] The policy of never publicly confirming what a scholar once called one of the world’s “worst-kept secrets” dates from … Continue reading →

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Newly declassified documents reveal how U.S. agreed to Israel’s nuclear program via Haaretz

Posted on 2014/08/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Documents reveal contacts between Washington and Jerusalem in late 1960s, when some Americans believed the nuclear option would not deter Arab leaders but would trigger an atom bomb race. The Obama administration this week declassified papers, after 45 years of … Continue reading →

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The nuclear threat to Israel’s economy via Haaretz

Posted on 2014/06/09 by norma field

Israel has never officially admitted that it has a nuclear military option, which has choked off any effort to conduct a debate about it. How can one discuss something without information? When such a debate emerges here and there, it … Continue reading →

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Israel official slams ‘self-righteous’ A-bomb ceremonies via Facebook via The Mainichi

Posted on 2013/08/16 by kojimaaiko

A senior Israeli official posted comments on Facebook saying the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of “Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the consequence of Japanese aggression” and that he was “sick” of “self-righteous” commemorations for the victims, Japanese government sources said. Daniel … Continue reading →

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How Canada exposed Israel’s secret nukes with help from a Mennonite via The Globe and Mail

Posted on 2013/07/13 by norma field

Canadians helped uncover Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program, newly discovered papers from the mid-1960s have revealed, with a key role being played by a Department of National Defence intelligence analyst who was a churchgoing Mennonite committed to peace. It was … Continue reading →

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Iranian nuclear threat is ‘exaggerated,’ says Israel’s Olmert via Al Arabiya

Posted on 2013/04/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Israel’s former Prime minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Iran’s nuclear program threat is “exaggerated” since it has not shown progress in the past years,  Israeli news website Ynet quoted Olmert as saying. Speaking at the annual Jerusalem Post conference … Continue reading →

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Iran: All Nuclear Weapons Must Be Destroyed via Common Dreams

Posted on 2013/02/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Accusations from Israel, US are ‘laughing matter,’ says Iran spokesman – Jacob Chamberlain, staff writer Following news of a successful North Korean nuclear weapons test on Tuesday, officials from Iran called for the end to all atomic weapons around the … Continue reading →

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