Israel Did Not Protest Release of 1987 Nuke Report

Israel did not protest the release of the 1987 US Department of Defense commissioned document that summarized The US's knowledge of Israel's nuclear and other technical programs at the time, according to a Jerusalem Post Report.

"We did inform the Israeli government of our planned release of the documents and they did not object," Army Col. Steven Warren, director of Pentagon press operations, confirmed to The Jerusalem Post.

The report was released due to a Freedom of Information Act request a few years earlier.

The source claims Israel was informed and did not protest the document's release, and if Israel had protested, in writing, the report would not have been released.

Israel has not publicly commented on the report.

The timing of the release, at a time of tremendous tension between President Obama and Israel, led to speculation that the timing of the release was intentional.