Israel's nuclear puzzle

khaleejtimes: The BBC's striking revelations regarding the secretive and disconcerting British role in making an Israeli nuclear bomb possible, deserves more than a quick pause and a few dozen news reports. It obliges a thorough investigation coupled with a complete reversal in the double standard that views Israel's fully-fledged nuclear capabilities as a trivial concern.

The BBC programme, Newsnight, broadcast on August 3, confirmed that Britain was in fact the original source of heavy water, the crucial ingredient that allowed Israel to transform its generic nuclear reactor in Dimona in the Negev Desert, initially developed with French help, into a proficient nuclear manufacturing plant. Read more