Former President Shimon Peres told Time magazine that the deterrence factor of Dimona is what led to the Oslo Accords.
"Dimona helped us to achieve Oslo," he said. "Because many Arabs, out of suspicion, came to the conclusion that it’s very hard to destroy Israel because of it, because of their suspicion. Well if the result is Dimona, I think I was right. Anyway, we've never threatened anybody with nuclear bombs, and we've never tested it."
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied that it has nuclear weapons.