Clearly #5 has never been to the Negev. 'What else can be done with the Negev besides plastering it with solar pannels' I don't even think that is worth responding to. The rest of his arguments prove his missunderstanding of geo-politics. Just because India and Pakistan admitted they had nuclier weapons didn't mean the rest of the world just accpeted it. The US put sanctions on both countries that only now India is getting out of. Israel has no need to import Unranium. There is plenty of it being mined from the phosphate plants, but that is in the Negev, which you have no use for anyway. to #18, The Nuclier non Proliforation Treaty is an agreement that is voluntery. Iran volunteered to sign it and that means that other countries, with the know how, can develope PEACEFUL nuclier power there. Thats the premisse of it. Iran has not been upfront with the IAEA and has shown that it is persuing nuclier weapons. That is why there is a show down with the rest of the world, even the russians and the EU. Israel did not sign the NPT and, according to most experts, has nuclier weaponsm, this being achived before the NPT came into existance. If Israel can make a nuclier powerplant without help from other countries it will not be hypocritical or in any violations of any international laws or norms on the issue. To #19, the existing plant in Dimona has already been a target and its been there since the early 60's. Israel has not have much of a problem keeping missiles or jets way from it. With permission, I walked in the closed zone that is around it and it is the most snake infested spot in all of Israel, obviously due to the lack of people.

If anyone has doubts as to if this is a good idea or not please read the Environmental Case for Nuclear Power by Robert C. Morris. It details the pros and cons. I only wish my native state of California would start building new plants.