The news led Ben-Gurion to make the only statement by an Israeli Prime Minister about Dimona. On December 21 he announced to the Knesset that the government was building a 24 megawatt reactor "which will serve the needs of industry, agriculture, health, and science", and that it "is designed exclusively for peaceful purposes". Bergmann, who was chairman of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission from 1954 to 1966, however said that "There is no distinction between nuclear energy for peaceful purposes or warlike ones"
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magnora ago
If you are interested in documentation about the headline, refer to this wiki section: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel#Revelations
nokilli ago
Good reading.