TheIsrael–South Africa Agreement (ISSA) was a secret defense co-operation agreement signed in 1975 betweenIsrael and the Apartheid government ofSouth Africa.[1] The agreement outlined the two nations’ cooperation on nuclear issues. It was signed by South African Prime MinisterP.W. Botha and Israeli Prime MinisterShimon Peres.[2]
The agreement covered many different areas of defense co-operation at a time when both countries were unable to source weapons and defense technology freely on the international market, primarily because of arms embargoes in place at the time,[3] in South Africa's case due toapartheid.[1] A spokesperson for Peres denied the documents, asserting that there were "never any negotiations" between the two regimes.[4]
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