Nuclear program

Israeli officials warn US-Saudi deal could lead to nuclear weapons, discourage Israel normalization

Critics are concerned that the deal, through which US companies would help Saudi Arabia build civilian nuclear energy plants, could allow Saudi Arabia to eventually develop nuclear weapons.

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman attend a bilateral meeting at the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025.
US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman look at portraits at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" in the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, DC, November 18, 2025.

US says it reached nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia, amid concerns about safeguards

The Trump administration submitted a Saudi nuclear pact to Congress within days, despite concerns over missing safeguards, Reuters reported.

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Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM) Navy Adm. Brad Cooper testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 14, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Renewed US blockade on Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz closer pushes region closer to open war

Initially, the US undertook limited targeted counterstrikes at Iranian assets around Hormuz to convince Iran to back down.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi holds a news conference after the first day of the agency's quarterly Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 9, 2025.

IAEA inspections in Iran need to be fundamentally different after Iran was bombed - analysis

It will probably take weeks if not months of using special engineering machines as well as special protective suits to retrieve and dispose of the 60% enriched uranium.

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US and Israel policy aligned regarding Saudi nuclear plans - Dermer

“A civil nuclear program is one thing, a military nuclear program is the other," said

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer arrives to a government conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on January 29, 2023

Gallant: Israel must widen Arab alliances but maintain military superiority

Gallant passed on a document put together by a variety of top expert officials within the defense establishment to clarify details of what kind of nuclear program the US might offer the Saudis.

AUGUST 30, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Yoav Gallant. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)