The French connection and Israel's alleged nuclear prowess
Shimon Peres died a month short of the 60th anniversary of the Sinai Campaign and one of his greatest achievements – the strategic alliance with France.
Shimon Peres (second left), director of the Ministry of Defense, is seen in the mid-1950s against the background of a French-supplied Dassault Ouragan fighter bomber(photo credit: IDF ARCHIVES, DEFENSE MINISTRY)ByYOSSI MELMAN