צה"ל חשף (בטעות?) את שדות האלה - בסיס הטילים הגרעיניים הסודי בחיל האוויר Many (though not all) of Israel's security secrets are of the worst-kept variety. An example, is the Israeli Air Force nuclear weapons base known variously as Sdot Ha'Elah or Sdot Micha. Readers of this blog would've read of the name and purpose of this base back in 2010 based on my … [Read more...]
IDF Censors Haaretz from Naming Author, Title of Book Portraying 1967 “Nuclear Putsch”
.חשיפה: הצנזורה הצבאית אוסרת להזכיר את שמו של ספר על הנשק הגרעיני הישראלי, ואת שם מחברו Yesterday, Haaretz published an exposé (Hebrew) about a book published by a former Israeli nuclear technician, who claimed that in 1967 Israel's new defense minister, Moshe Dayan, engaged in a "de facto putsch," which wrested the country's sole nuclear weapon from … [Read more...]
How Shimon Peres Stole the Bomb with a Bluff, and Why Military Censor Doesn’t Want Israelis to Know About It
UPDATE: I published this appraisal of a key moment in the political career of Shimon Peres just after he suffered a major stroke. I have updated it now that he has died. You will read much hagiography in the Peres obituaries published in Israeli and world media. Here is a perfect example in the NY Times of the half-truths and undeserved admiration that is … [Read more...]
Israeli Nuke-Washing on the World Stage
There are oh so many varieties of Zio-washing: pink-washing, green-washing, Black-washing, even Muslim-washing. Now, there's another to add to the treasury of hasbara promoted by Israel to the world: nuke-washing. I wrote about a similar domestic effort at cleansing Israel's nuclear warheads of the stench of potential mass murder. The IAEA celebrated … [Read more...]