Harris was inducted as a Knight (2005) and later elevated to Officer (2021) of the French Legion of Honor, France's highest order of merit, for his work strengthening ties and combating antisemitism. (relationship to David Harris)

French engineers helped build Dimona nuclear reactor and secret reprocessing plant for plutonium separation, confirming weapons intent

The French Republic secretly provided enormous contributions to Israel's nuclear weapons program, including building the Dimona reactor and a secret plutonium reprocessing plant, while also selling material and expertise for nuclear warheads or turning a blind eye to its theft. This assistance was driven by French guilt over the 1956 Suez Crisis, collaboration by French-Jewish scientists, intelligence sharing related to Algeria, and the influx of numerous French engineers.