Middle East Research and Information Project

Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Geoffrey Aronson

Geoffrey Aronson is editor of the Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories, published by the Foundation for Middle East Peace in Washington, DC.

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Exporting Nuclear Triggers

Richard Smyth, indicted in May 1985 for illegally exporting nuclear trigger devices to Israel, is now a fugitive. In August 1985, two days before he was scheduled to appear in court, Smyth and his wife sailed his boat to Catalina Island, off the coast of southern California, and disappeared, forfeit

Richard Sale, Geoffrey Aronson • 9 min read