# Nuclear Israel

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-israel/109196>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 15, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-israel/109196 "2002-05-15T14:02:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Damascene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@Damascene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damascene)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-israel/109196/1 "2002-05-15T14:02:11Z")

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The following is a short article published in the New York Post on MAy 14th:

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[RENEGADE RATTLES ISRAELI NUKE PROGRAM](http://www.nypost.com/seven/05142002/news/worldnews/47909.htm)

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I would have provided a link, but the article was pretty short, so I just pasted it here for convenience. So what are your thoughts?

[Copyrighted text deleted. – MEB]

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**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-israel/109196/2 "2002-05-15T17:04:56Z")

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For more on the Israeli (and other) nuclear weapons programs see  
[High Energy Weapons Archive](http://nuketesting.enviroweb.org/hew/) The Israel give a brief story of Vanunu.

I have an extremely pro-Israel co-worker who claims that the whole Mordechai Vanunu whistle blowing may be an Israeli plot to let the world know while maintaining deniability.

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**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-israel/109196/3 "2002-05-15T18:16:45Z")

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Is there an opinion on this or have you become our newsman for the day?

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**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-israel/109196/4 "2002-05-15T19:44:19Z")

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I didn’t know it was supposed to be a secret that Israel had nukes. Hasn’t that been common knowledge for a while now?

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**Author:** ![Fang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fang)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-israel/109196/5 "2002-05-15T19:47:57Z")

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Better that Israel has the nukes than Iran or Syria…

(had to start a debate 😃 )

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-israel/109196/6 "2002-05-15T19:49:19Z")

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Well, our plagiarizing newsman for the day, apparently.

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-israel/109196/7 "2002-05-16T02:40:33Z")

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