Israel is widely suspected of possessing weapons of mass destruction, supposedly developed in 1948-1949, with an estimated arsenal of up to 400 warheads. Despite the fact that Mordechai Vanunu, a former worker at the Israeli Dimona nuclear reactor, blew the whistle on Tel Aviv's nuclear program in 1986, Israel still maintains a policy of "nuclear ambiguity" – never denying or admitting to having nuclear arms.

Israel Lied Too?

In the 1950s and 1960s, the Israeli government under Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion reportedly lied to the United States and stonewalled Washington's requests for information on weapons development and refused to accept visits from the International Atomic Energy Agency. Tel Aviv reportedly referred to its Dimona reactor, provided by France, as a "textile plant" and a "metallurgic research installation," allegedly in a bid to hide the truth from American nuclear inspectors.