What About Israel's Nuclear Bomb?

What About Israel's Nuclear Bomb?

William Grieder - The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/blog/201369/what-about-israels-nuclear-bomb

... What about Israel's bomb? Why isn't that also part of the discussion? In the flood of news stories about Iran's nuclear intentions, I have yet to see mention of Israel's nuclear arsenal (if I missed some mentions, they must have been rare). Yet Israel's bomb is obviously relevant to the controversy. The facts are deliberately murky, but Israel has had nuclear weapons for at least forty years, though it has never officially acknowledged their existence ... The existence of Israel's nuclear superiority is clearly a pivotal fact of life in the chaotic conflicts and occasional wars of the Middle East. It should not be left out ... According to Wikipedia's account, largely based on scholarly sources, Israel has seventy-five to 400 bombs (others say it is more like 100 to 200).