Israel is widely believed to possess a vast arsenal of nuclear bombs
Associated Press
March 10, 2018
While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been an outspoken critic of the international nuclear deal with Iran, he says little about Israel's own alleged nuclear program.
Israel is widely believed to possess a vast arsenal of nuclear bombs – a consensus reached by international experts after former Dimona nuclear reactor technician Mordechai Vanunu leaked pictures and details of the country's nuclear program to a British newspaper in 1986.
Israel neither confirms nor denies the existence of a weapons program. It also is among a handful of countries not to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, leaving its nuclear facilities off-limits to international inspections.
Over the decades, Israel's policy of "nuclear ambiguity" has served as an effective deterrent and insurance policy against Israel's many foes in the Arab and Muslim world.
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