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© David Rubinger/Government Press Office An Egyptian transport burning after a direct hit from an Israeli tank during the Six Day War, June 5, 1967. New York Times , quoting newly released interview, says the display of nuclear strength was a 'doomsday' scenario not needed after IDF victory One the eve of the Six Day War, with the country surrounded by enemies and unsure of its future, Israel developed a "doomsday" plan to detonate an atomic bomb in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as a warning to the Arabs, The New York Times reported Saturday. The report was based on an interview conducted by lead...

Follow Dec. 14, 2020 There is something fascinating about decades-old, secret government documents. Sometimes the big secrets become unimportant, almost trivial, over time, because the lifespan of state secrets is usually short and time sensitive. But that’s not the case when the government decides that certain subjects have an unlimited lifespan. This is true of the dark history of Israel’s nuclear program. Almost the only way in which historians can learn about  Israel’s nuclear history is from official documents belonging to other countries, and the United States in particular. In...