Israel nuclear weapons

Israel's open secret: Why is Dimona at the center of Israel’s nuclear weapon ambiguity? - explainer

In the 1960s, then prime minister Levi Eshkol vowed that “Israel will not be the first state to introduce nuclear weapons into the region.” The sentiment has been repeated by Israeli officials since.

 A view of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev desert outside Dimona, now called the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a mourning ceremony for the deaths of Iranian military commanders and scientists, who were killed in Iran's 12-day war with Israel, in Tehran, Iran, July 29, 2025

In all narratives of war with Iran, Israel's right to survive is supported by intl. law - opinion

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi poses for a picture with leaders as Egypt hosts emergency Arab summit to discuss Palestinian developments, at Egypt's New Administrative Capital in Cairo, March 4, 2025.

Arab states condemn Israeli strikes as relations with Iran thaw - analysis

 The scene of a hit from a ballistic missile attack on Israeli fired from Iran, in Ramat Gan. June 13, 2025.

Iran warns US, UK and France against helping stop Iranian strikes on Israel


Is it time to regulate Israel’s atomic agency?

Avner Cohen’s decades-long struggle with Israel’s nuke program reaches the High Court.

THE NUCLEAR reactor in Dimona.

JPost Exclusive: Israel nuclear program has less oversight than other democracies

That Israel is more secretive is not surprising in light of its unique policy of possessing 80-200 nuclear weapons – according to foreign sources – but without ever formally declaring it.

THE NUCLEAR reactor in Dimona.

Former Navy Commander detained in Israeli submarine corruption probe

Tuesday's detention comes after six suspects were detained for questioning on Monday.

A Dolphin-class submarine enters Haifa port.

La fin du tabou du nucléaire israélien ?

Des documents révélés par la presse montrent qu’Israël aurait sérieusement envisagé de faire exploser une bombe atomique dans la péninsule du Sinaï juste avant la guerre des Six jours

David Ben-Gurion et Shimon Peres en visite sur le site du réacteur nucléaire de Dimona

Was the Six Day War fought in part over Israel’s nuclear program?

“I am trying to show what might be an alternative narrative to what led to that war, or to combine the two narratives together. This is the last big secret.”

Israeli troops near Rafah during the Six Day War

Israel's alleged 1967 nuclear 'doomsday operation' plan to be revealed

Whether credible or not, the plans never came into effect as Israel emerged victorious from the conflict.

ISRAEL AIR FORCE Mirage fighter jets train over Israel in 1967 before the Six Day War.

Israeli nuclear secret-leaker Vanunu convicted of meeting with foreigners

Vanunu denied that he posed a security risk.

Mordechai Vanunu appears in the magistrate's court in Jerusalem

Cold War 2.0 or Don’t Fret Trump’s Nuclear Tweets Bigly

The Jerusalem Post

High Court to hear petition for transparency for Israel’s secretive atomic agency

The hearing will be the first time in history that a judicial body will exercise oversight over the Israeli IAEC.

Dimona nuclear reactor

US suspected Israeli-South African nuclear test behind mysterious 'flash'

On September 22, 1979 an American spy satellite "Vela" registered a powerful flash over the Indian Ocean, several hundred miles off the coast of South Africa.

Dimona nuclear reactor