Strategic Assessment

No single national security policy in Israel enjoys as much public support as its nuclear policy, commonly known as the policy of nuclear opacity. According to the policy, Israel acknowledges nothing factual about its nuclear status, activities, and capabilities, neither confirming nor denying anything. The article focuses on one subject for nuclear democratic reform: the desirability and feasibility of nuclear legislation. A law governing the Israel Atomic Energy Commission would highlight that the rule of law reaches even Israel’s most sensitive national security area, and would clarify a reality that until now has never been defined in public terms.