---
category: Private Organization
location: Haifa, Israel
start: 1921
summary: Solel Bone Ltd., of Haifa, was the largest Israeli engineering company involved
  in the construction of Dimona.
tags:
- Organization
- Private
- Israel
---

Solel Bone Ltd., of Haifa, was the largest Israeli engineering company involved in the construction of [Dimona](/places/dimona/). It was closely associated with the [Mapai Party](/organizations/mapai-party/), and Israelis involved in the early stages of construction acknowledged an extensive, and traditional, system of diverting contract funds to the party.[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 5.