[lbo-talk] Israel crosses the nuclear threshold

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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May/June 2006  pp. 22-30 (vol. 62, no. 3) © 2006 Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists

Israel crosses the threshold
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By Avner Cohen and William Burr | May/June 2006

When President Richard Nixon took office, he was confronted with evidence
that Israel would soon have nuclear weapons. Now, with the aid of recently
declassified documents, Avner Cohen and William Burr recount the untold
story of the tense debate that erupted in the Nixon administration over
whether Israel should be prevented from crossing the nuclear threshold.
Nixon's final decisions would form the basis for the U.S.-Israeli policy of
"don't ask, don't tell" that Cohen and Burr argue is now a burdensome
anomaly. (Credit: Oliver F. Atkins)
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