| Document/File
Date |
Contents |
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1960 (PDF) |
CIA Special National Intelligence Estimate
released on June 5, 2009. Israel’s nukes and role in
foreign policy "assertiveness."
"Possession of a nuclear weapon capability, or even the prospect
of achieving it, would clearly give Israel a greater sense of
security, self-confidence, and assertiveness...Israel would be
less inclined than ever to make concessions..." |
|
1963 |
President John F. Kennedy insists on US
inspections of Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor in a secret
letter to Prime Minister Levi Eskol. |
|
1970 |
Treaty on the Non proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons enters into force. |
| 1976 |
The US passes the Symington Amendment of
1976. Symington Amendment prohibits most U.S. foreign aid to any
country found trafficking in nuclear enrichment equipment or
technology outside international safeguards. Israel has never
signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). |
|
1977 |
Glenn Amendment of 1977 calls for an end to
aid to countries that import reprocessing technology. |
|
1978 |
The General Accounting Office investigates
Israeli diversion of weapons grade uranium from the United
States and produces the report "Nuclear Diversion in the U.S.?
13 Years of Contradiction and Confusion." It remains
classified until May 6, 2010. |
|
1986 |
The Sunday Times publishes "The secrets of
Israel's nuclear arsenal/ Atomic technician Mordechai Vanunu
reveals secret weapons production." |
|
2008 |
Former president Jimmy
Carter names Israel as a nuclear weapons power. |
|
2008 |
The US Army names Israel
as a nuclear weapons power. |
|
2009 |
AIPAC and ZOA lobby for
$2.775 billion in US military aid for Israel |
|
2009 |
Congress advised (via fax)
that US aid is governed by the Symington Amendment. |
|
2009 |
President Barak Obama
advised (via letter) that US aid is governed by the Symington
Amendment |
