Israel–South_Africa_Agreement

Israel–South Africa Agreement

Israel–South Africa Agreement

1975 secret agreement between Israel and South Africa

The Israel–South Africa Agreement (ISSA) was a secret defense co-operation agreement signed in 1975 between Israel and the government of South Africa.[1] The agreement outlined the two nations’ cooperation on nuclear issues. It was signed by South African Prime Minister P.W. Botha and Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.[2]

The agreement covered many different areas of defense co-operation at a time when both countries were unable to source weapons and defense technology freely on the international market, primarily because of arms embargoes in place at the time,[3] in South Africa's case due to apartheid.[1] A spokesperson for Peres denied the documents, asserting that there were "never any negotiations" between the two regimes.[4]

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Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Polakow-Suransky 2010.
  2. [2]
    Carnegie Corporation of New York (April 3, 1975). "Israel-South Africa Agreement (ISSA)". Wilson Center.
  3. [3]
    National Security Archive 1981.
  4. [4]
    McGreal, Chris (2010-05-24). "Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-20.

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