Follow Mar. 3, 2021 The only surprise about the satellite photos showing extensive construction at Israel's Dimona nuclear reactor is that they were only published now. The story began with photographs taken in early January by a Chinese commercial satellite, SuperView-1, which were later viewed by independent Princeton researchers known as the International Panel on Fissile Materials. The pictures were published on February 18 by The Guardian’s Julian Borger; the veteran journalist wrote that the work at Dimona began either in late 2018 or early 2019. Zionism’s tragic mistake, according to one of Israel’s harshest critics - LISTEN Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1