Mission & Justice

22/4/08

USA authorities have arrested an engineer on suspicion of passing classified defence information to Israel during the 1980s, according to the justice department. Ben-Ami Kadish is suspected of passing nuclear weapons and air defence information to Israel while working as a mechanical engineer at an army base in New Jersey. Court papers say Kadish’s spying took place between 1979 and 1985, although he maintained contact with an Israeli offical until this year.

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Yossi Melman; 14/4/08

Israel and the United States signed an agreement several days ago to step up cooperation in the field of nuclear safety. The move is part of Israel’s efforts to receive foreign assistance in ensuring that the aging nuclear reactor at Dimona continues to operate safely. The new agreement broadens and upgrades previous accords between the two countries in this field, which were signed over the past two decades. It will enable the Israel Atomic Energy Commission to access most of the latest nuclear safety data, procedures and technology available in the U.S.

See: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/974486.html