Shimon Peres: The Man Behind The Israeli Nuclear Program
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (from left), Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin pose with their medals and diplomas after receiving the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, 1994. The three were awarded the prize for "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East."
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (from left), Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin pose with their medals and diplomas after receiving the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, 1994. The three were awarded the prize for "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East."
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Shimon Peres: The Man Behind The Israeli Nuclear Program
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Aside from his many roles in government and years in public office in Israel, Shimon Peres is also credited with developing Israel’s nuclear program. Worldview takes a look at how he did it with Avner Cohen, a professor of Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and author of Israel and the Bomb.