Avraham Hermoni

Avraham Hermoni was an Israeli chemist, government official, scientific counselor in the Israeli embassy in Washington, and a senior technical director at RAFAEL, Israel’s national center for weapons development.

Biography

Hermoni’s involvement in the Israeli [nuclear program] was instrumental to its ultimate success. Between 1959 and 1969 he served as technical director at RAFAEL. His main duties included overseeing and planning RAFAEL’s work on Israel’s nuclear weapons.