Former prime minister Shimon Peres admitted in an interview that the Jewish state began developing a "nuclear option" in the 1950s, at the controversial French-built Dimona plant. Then he added: "Israel, by the way, never said that we have nuclear bombs." For more than 40 years Israel has pursued a policy of deliberate ambiguity on its nuclear potential, although one leading expert has estimated it has some 100 weapons.
Israel and the Bomb
Former prime minister Shimon Peres admitted in an interview that the Jewish state began developing a "nuclear option" in the 1950s, at the controversial French-built Dimona plant. Then he added: "Israel, by the way, never said that we have nuclear bombs." For more than 40 years Israel has pursued a policy of deliberate ambiguity on its nuclear potential, although one leading expert has estimated it has some 100 weapons.
