JFK Document Bombshell - Israeli Nukes

A newly un-redacted section of the JFK Assassination Document reveals something startling

A potentially key new piece of information was recently un-redacted in the March 2025 JFK Assassination document dump. The document in question is the President’s Intelligence Checklist Nov. 20-30 1963. These intelligence reports were for the PRESIDENT ONLY. Obviously, the reports in this document spanned two Presidents, JFK and LBJ, since JFK was killed on 11/22/1963.

But look at the new information on France and Israel from November 20, 1963 (two days before Kennedy was killed). Here is the redacted version from 2023. It seems clear that this section of the report references Israel’s Jericho missiles, which were designed specifically to carry nuclear warheads. You can see why the Israelis may have had an extremely pressing desire and motive to get rid of Kennedy right around this time. At the very least, this document confirms that the US government (or at least the White House) became aware of the Israeli “Jericho” nuclear warhead missiles much earlier than was previously known. Our standard histories tell us that the US first became aware of these Jericho nuclear missiles in the late 1960s. We know now for certain that both John McCone and JFK were aware of the development of the Jericho missiles as early as 11/20/1963.

Here is the redacted version from the 2023 release:

Now here is the full, un-redacted version released in March 2025:

As you can see, it appears JFK’s private intel operation had confirmed that the Israelis were ordering missiles than were designed to carry nuclear warheads: “A conventional warhead would not make military sense under these specifications.” This clearly implies that these missiles were designed to carry nuclear warheads.

Now look at another section of the report from 11/20/1963. Here is the redacted version from the 2023 files release:

Here is the un-redacted version from the March 2025 release:

The above snippet is from the 11/20/1963 intelligence report, but the context is worth noting. On 11/16/1963, six days before the JFK’s assassination and 4 days before the intelligence report that relayed the likelihood that the Israelis were developing ballistic missiles designed to carry a nuclear warhead, C.L. Sulzberger wrote in The NY Times that David Ben Gurion hinted that the Israelis intend to explore using their Dimona nuclear plant for nuclear weapons development. Sulzberger wrote in his 11/16/1963 article:

Ben-Gurion sees Nasser as the key to Arab-Israeli peace and claims he would meet him anywhere to discuss it; but he has few hopes. In the interim he suspects that, with India's help, Nasser is seeking to develop warheads for his rockets. As a result he hints grimly that in its nearby Dimona reactor Israel itself may be experimenting with military atomics.

Using Nuclear Energy

He [David Ben-Gurion] argues that, to power future water desalinization projects, nu- clear energy is essential. But he implies also that weapons uses must be explored "because Nasser won't give up. Nor will he risk war again until he's sure he can win. That means atomic weapons-and he has a large desert in which to test. We can't test here," he adds ruefully.

The Israeli embassy said Ben-Gurion denied Sulzberger’s report on his statement about Israel’s intent to explore nuclear weapons development. However, the US Ambassador to Israel, Walworth Barbour, appears to have believed that Sulzberger’s reporting on Ben-Gurion’s statements was accurate. Of course, we now know that Israelis were doing more than simply “hinting” at atomic bomb development at Dimona to scare Nasser.

It is clear from Ben Gurion’s own statements that he and the Israeli top leadership viewed the most crucial arms race as that between Egypt (Nasser) and Israel. The Israelis came to see JFK as potentially existential obstacle to winning this arms race.

Ironically, it was a Frenchman named Pierre Neuville - who had himself been involved in a failed Mossad plot to assassinate Nasser - that was Michael Collins Piper’s most revealing source about the direct Israeli involvement in the JFK assassination.

And here is another mention of the Israeli missiles, which appear to be the nuclear-tipped Jericho missiles. From 11/28/1963…this would have crossed LBJ’s desk.

Here is the 2023 version, redacted.

And here is the un-redacted version from the 2025 release:

Perhaps others have already highlighted these documents, but it is startling, and it supports much of the information in Michael Collins Pipers book, Final Judgment.