Décembre 2006 / Middle East Online

Israel to keep mum on nuclear weapons capacity

Israel to keep mum on nuclear weapons capacity

Jewish state keeps silent after incoming US defense secretary describes Israel as nuclear power.

By Jean-Luc Renaudie – JERUSALEM

Israel will continue to keep mum on whether it has atomic weapons, officials said Thursday after the incoming US defense secretary described the Jewish state as a nuclear power.

"Israel won’t say, or not say, whether we have nuclear weapons," Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres told public radio. "It suffices (...)