Ha'aretz: Hollywood is Always on the Lookout for Blockbuster Stories, and This Coming Monday it will get the Juicy Details

Although this is the first time that Milchan has spoken about the subject since the publication of 'Confidential'....

This isn’t the first time Milchan's role in Israeli arms dealings and intelligence has surfaced: Just two years ago authors Meir Doron and Joseph Gelman published a book titled “Confidential: The Life of Secret Agent Turned Hollywood Tycoon Arnon Milchan" – which alleged that Milchan was an operative for Israel's Bureau of Scientific Relations. The bureau, headed by spy-masters Benjamin Blumberg and Rafi Eitan, gathered information for secret defense-related programs, including Israel's alleged nuclear program. The bureau was closed after Jonathan Pollard was arrested for spying on behalf of Israel in 1986.

The "Uvda" report does, however, contain some shocking new details about Milchan's work, including claims that other Hollywood bigwigs like the legendary, late director Sydney Pollack and at least one other Academy Award-winning actor, both figured into his work for Israel.

RT Runs Lengthy Segment On Milchan "Nuclear Smuggling"

The segment was also posted on Al Jazeera. It should be noted that claims of Netanyahu's involvment in 'Operation Pinto' are based only on the testimoney of convicted nuclear smuggler Richard Kelly Smyth and have never been independently verified.

Convicted Nuclear Smuggler Richard Kelly Smyth Demands $30,000 From Major International Media Outlet for Interview About His Alleged Shipping of Nuclear Weapons Components to Benjamin Netanyahu

Richard and Emily Smyth

Convicted Nuclear Smuggler Richard Kelly Smyth, the man at the center of a nuclear smuggling ring in the 1980’s involving Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan, asserted in a 2002 FBI debriefings that he had shipped Krytrons (nuclear weapons triggers) to Benjamin Netanyahu, who he claimed worked for Hollywood Producer Arnon Milchan at the time. The explosive charge mentioned in Confidential gained new attention with the recent release of FBI top secret documents as a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. 

As a consequence of the recently released FBI documents, Richard Kelly Smyth was approached by a major international media outlet seeking to interview him. In exchange for the interview about his allegations relating to Netanyahu, Smyth demanded $30,000 in cash, to be flown to Tel Aviv, and to be put up at the Tel Aviv Hilton where the interview would take place.

The major international media outlet ultimately declined the demand, sticking to a longstanding policy of not paying sources for news interviews. The cash demand also raised concerns about the credibility of the source [i.e. Smyth].