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Report: Germany secretly funded Israel’s nuclear weapons programA new investigation claims that West Germany quietly financed Israel’s nuclear program, funneling the equivalent of around $5.7 billion into the project between 1961 and 1973.The money allegedly helped build and expand the Dimona facility in the Negev desert, widely believed to be the core of Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal.The reactor itself was originally developed with French assistance in the late 1950s, but Israeli leaders David Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres reportedly secured additional funding through secret arrangements with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer.To keep the operation hidden, the funds were disguised as “Negev development” loans and routed through a Frankfurt state bank, officially recorded as aid to unnamed developing countries.Secrecy served both sides. Israel feared domestic backlash over open cooperation with Germany so soon after World War II, while West Germany feared angering the Arab world and strengthening East Germany diplomatically.According to the report, a 1989 repayment agreement effectively turned the loan into a grant, meaning the money was never truly repaid.If true, it suggests that one of the pillars of Israel’s nuclear capability was quietly financed by Germany while the program itself remained officially unacknowledged.https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-03-13/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/historical-clues-indicate-germany-secretly-funded-israels-nuclear-program/0000019c-e17c-d9b7-a5fd-ef7e8c520000