The 1987 report’s confirmation of Israel’s advanced nuclear weapons program should have immediately triggered a cutoff in all U.S. aid to Israel under the Symington and Glenn Amendments to the US Foreign…
DOD Report Details Israel’s Quest for Hydrogen Bomb
In the midst of controversy over the Israeli prime minister’s plans to address Congress next month, a researcher has won the release of a decades-old Defense Department report detailing the U.S. government’s…
IRmep wins release of Pentagon report detailing aspects of Israel’s nuclear weapons production facilities
IRmep filed a 34 page federal lawsuit (PDF) to compel the Department of Defense to release a report commissioned by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (International Programs and Technology). After a fight…
Obama, what about Israel’s nuclear arsenal?
It is disappointing, if not disturbing, that US President Barack Obama avoided airing any views about the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict in an hour-long interview about US foreign policy issues with CNN’s much-respected…
New details on Israel’s nuclear weapons, Netanyahu’s role in krytron smuggling
Dennis Bernstein of Flashpoints on Pacifica radio interviews Grant F. Smith on the newly released report “Critical Technology Assessment in Israel and NATO Nations.” Interview follows the Corries and Gareth Porter on…
Poll: Netanyahu should be investigated for nuclear weapons tech smuggling before US visit
A majority of Americans believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be investigated by the FBI for nuclear weapons technology smuggling before being allowed to enter the United States according to a…
Most Say Netanyahu Should Be Investigated by the FBI for Nuclear Weapons Technology Smuggling
A majority of Americans believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be investigated by the FBI for nuclear weapons technology smuggling before being allowed to enter the United States according to a…
DOD Fights Researcher Over Access to Report on Israel’s Nuclear Needs
WASHINGTON (CN) – The U.S. Defense Department is so far refusing to produce a report that discusses nuclear technology issues in Israel, in response to a researcher’s request for information. The report at…
Experts to Scrutinize Israel Lobby During April 10 Conference at National Press Club
PR Newswire – 12/17/2014 – Washington – Register online for “The Israel Lobby: Is It Good for the US?” today at http://IsraelLobbyUS.org “The Israel Lobby: Is It Good for the US?” is an all-day conference which will take place…
Lawsuit Challenges U.S. “Ambiguity” Toward Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal
By Grant F. Smith In 1958 Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion designated super-lobbyist Abraham Feinberg as the North American coordinator to raise funds for Israel’s clandestine nuclear weapons program. Feinberg was a…
FBI Tracked Israeli Spy Itzhak Vardi: Intelligence Officer Promoted Israel Charities in New York and South America
Itzhak (aka Yitzhak) Vardi’s intelligence operations for Israel in England put him on an FBI watch list as he traveled throughout New York. As he worked at high levels within the Palestine…
Espionage Allegations Intensify Battle for Israel’s Technion Nuke File
Is the Justice Department Obstructing Justice? Israel’s oldest university – Technion – is under an intensifying legal spotlight over stunning new allegations of espionage and a transparency-law fight to reveal its clandestine role in…
“U.S. gives too much foreign aid to Israel” say 6 in 10 Americans
Most Americans (60.7 percent) believe the United States gives “much too much” or “too much” foreign aid to Israel according to the survey report American Public Opinion on U.S. Aid to Israel (PDF) released…
Six in Ten Americans Say U.S. Gives “Too Much” Aid to Israel
Special Report By Grant F. Smith The Chicago Council on Global Affairs conducts a survey every two years, and its insights are eagerly awaited by journalists and the public alike. On Sept….
American Public Opinion on U.S. Aid to Israel
Who wants to pay for nuclear-armed Israel’s “Qualitative Military Edge”? Results of a September 2014 IRmep Online Survey By Grant F. Smith Editing and additional analysis by Jeffrey Blankfort Through 2014 the…
Americans Believe the US Gives Too Much Foreign Aid to Israel
Surveying Americans about U.S. aid to Israel requires putting it into proper perspective. Given Israel’s position as the leading single U.S. foreign aid recipient (by a wide margin), asking the foreign aid…
Americans Falsely Believe Iran has Nuclear Weapons
A steady campaign of accusations that Iran’s civilian nuclear program was—in fact—a cover for nuclear weapons development paid off. In late 2014 a strong majority of Americans (58.5%) believed that Iran had nuclear…
Most Americans Correctly Believe Israel has Nuclear Weapons
Despite a longstanding Israeli policy of “strategic ambiguity”—never confirming or denying that Israel has nuclear weapons—curiously followed by the US government, most Americans are not fooled. Revelations by Mordecai Vanunu, complete with…
DOJ Demands Immunity for Anti-Iran Group UANI
Will precedent place Israel lobby organizations above the law? The U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge on Friday to throw out a lawsuit against the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran,…
U.S. Suspected Israeli Involvement in 1960s Missing Uranium
Ally Used Materials Lifted From Pennsylvania Toward a Weapons Program …The evidence suggested that “something did transpire,” said Zbigniew Brzezinski, Mr. Carter’s national-security adviser, in a recent interview. “But until you have…