Obama just irrevocably burned Israel as a nation.

Ninurta,

Good find. The only things redacted are allies and a portion of the bibliography besides that the only classification in the document as printed (without the added stuff on top and bottom about dissemination) clearly states "Unclassified" lol I didn't read the document yet but will tell you I paged through every page of it and looked, there is not a lot redacted. And it says no where Classification: TS or S or TSSCI has me wondering is all.

I agree it is to burn them, I am pointing out that on the report classification page it clearly states that the report is "Unclassified" is all. The intentions of the release is well its damningly obvious. The problem is though that I can find more up to date information on their strike capabilities going all the way up to the Gulf War so why is a document from the mid '80s so relevant it just begs more questions, it is a good tool though to put eyes in one place while leaving alot of other things relatively un-noticed.  

Ninurta,

this is why I think in a broader sense time frame changed but why they would publish

"Not only were the Israelis interested in American nuclear weapons development data, they were interested in targeting data from U.S. intelligence. Israel discovered that they were on the Soviet target list. American-born Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard obtained satellite-imaging data of the Soviet Union, allowing Israel to target accurately Soviet cities. This showed Israel's intention to use its nuclear arsenal as a deterrent political lever, or retaliatory capability against the Soviet Union itself. Israel also used American satellite imagery to plan the 7 June 1981 attack on the Tammuz-1 reactor at Osiraq, Iraq. This daring attack, carried out by eight F-16s accompanied by six F-15s punched a hole in the concrete reactor dome before the reactor began operation (and just days before an Israeli election). It delivered 15 delay-fused 2000 pound bombs deep into the reactor structure (the 16th bomb hit a nearby hall). The blasts shredded the reactor and blew out the dome foundations, causing it to collapse on the rubble. This was the world's first attack on a nuclear reactor.[91]"

Throw them under the bus make headlines and divert the attention of the public (hard to explain what I am trying to convey here)

And lest us not forget Mordechai Vanunu

Obama has always been for a 1 state solution.

Sadly, that state has always been Palestine.

There's a difference between;

Supporting an ally.
Supporting an enemy.
Staying out of the fight.

Support Israel, support Iran, or stay out of the way.

Now I'm a tinfoil hat type of guy and all I have to say is that there is an undercurrent on certain web sites that has ramped it's support for Iran and ramped it's hatred for Israel.

Hmmm... I looked at the ones linked, but neither can be the one? The original story says it was produced in 1987, the De-Class process started 3 years ago, and it was JUST declassified last month.

The first doc that Nin linked looks interesting, but you can see on one of the top pages, it was unclassified from it's start and perhaps..Confidential would be about what I'd call it for the top page header/comment line.

I'll look as I have a chance? Unless someone found and linked it and I just missed it so far?

* I'm really curious about one thing now that the original docs come up as something to find and read? Does it mention origins of their program and development? That could get interesting, since Carter really WAS blind sided and Reagan wasn't a happy camper to find out they 'broke-out' and just built their own little chair to the Nuclear Club. South Africa is a common theme for a partner nation, and particularly with what may have been their test shot detonation in the Southern Ocean at one point, captured on satellite.

Whatever the details tho...and Obama surely meant to see the public (like us) dig for more with a little incentive to run with...I still have to say this was about as dirty, underhanded and IGNORANT a thing to do as Obama could manage.....

I mean, forget the Israeli emotional aspect for a moment, and just figure...the world has seen the US and Israel as two peas in a pod, and inseperable for 30 years or more. Not a bad assumption either. That makes them, for world consideration, among the very closest and most trusted allies we've had. Change Presidents? ...and a valued ally becomes trash to toss. Not JUST Israel either, but they're the biggest and most important for this type of public fail ...others will take lessons from.

@holdover,

From what I can tell Israels program at the time was tolerated (before and after us involvment) for the time period prior to and during the 80s as a strategic interest to the French and others against the Soviets. I linked a decently lengthy read somewhere above that explains it a lot better then I do however, I am just making the tie whether it means something or not that it is convenient to release this document now coupled with what is going on in Russia, I don't know if it is significant or not but the timing for both the Israelis and the Russians situation is well I didn't ignore it.