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60 years of denial about Israel’s nuclear weapons program confronts a new reality

Source: egyptindependent.com Published Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:20:26 +0000

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Key context: <p>A group of American diplomats was riding in an Israeli helicopter in early 1960 when one of them spotted a construction site rising out of the Negev desert about 20 miles west of the Dead Sea. The US official pointed and asked the party’s Israeli escort, Addy Cohen from the country’s Finance Ministry, what it &#8230;</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.egyptindependent.com/60-years-of-denial-about-israels-nuclear-weapons-program-confronts-a-new-reality/">60 years of denial about Israel’s nuclear weapons program confronts a new reality</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.egyptindependent.com">Egypt Independent</a>.</p> This development from egyptindependent.com highlights ongoing changes in the sector.

A group of American diplomats was riding in an Israeli helicopter in early 1960 when one of them spotted a construction site rising out of the Negev desert about 20 miles west of the Dead Sea. The US official pointed and asked the party’s Israeli escort, Addy Cohen from the country’s Finance Ministry, what it … The post 60 years of denial about Israel’s nuclear weapons program confronts a new reality appeared first on Egypt Independent.

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