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FUNATSU Yasushi
Department Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Global and Community Studies Position Professor |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Publication Date | 2018/02 |
| Type | Articles |
| Title | Israel's Nuclear Opaque policy and the U.S. Administration from Kennedy to Nixon |
| Contribution Type | Single-Authored Publication |
| Journal | Shudo Law Review |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Volume, Issue, Pages | 349-386頁 |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| Author and coauthor | Yasushi Funatsu |
| Details | We can call it one of the worst-kept secrets that Israel is virtually a nuclear weapon state, although it has maintained its "nuclear opaque policy" neally half a century with American tacit collaboration. Only statement the Israeli government has made officially is that Israel will never be the first to introduce a nuclear weapon in the Mideastwith. This opacity was born when David Ben-Gurion, first prime minister of Israel started a clandestan nuclear program by using Simon Peres to get corpoation from the French government. The opacity ingreased as Israeli political leaders deflected the pressure from President Kennedy who was enthusiastic about preventing nuclear proliferation and seeking Israeli acceptance of substantial nuclear inspection. The opacity was finally established by the strictly secret understanding between President Nixon and Israeli prime minister Gold Meir in 1969. |