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For the 1991 book, see The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy.
Samson in the Temple of Dagon, destroying his enemies, and himself
The Samson Option is the name that some military analysts have given to Israel's hypothetical deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against nations whose military attacks threaten its existence.[1][2]
Commentators also have employed the term to refer to situations where non-nuclear, non-Israeli actors, have threatened conventional weapons retaliation. Two examples have been given: Yassir Arafat[3] and Hezbollah.[4] The name is a reference to biblical character Samson who pushed apart the pillars of a Philistine temple, bringing down the roof and killing himself and thousands of Philistines who had captured him,[5] crying out "God 'Let me die with the Philistines!'" (Judges 16:30).
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Samson_Option
For the 1991 book, see The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy.
Samson in the Temple of Dagon, destroying his enemies, and himself
The Samson Option is the name that some military analysts have given to Israel's hypothetical deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against nations whose military attacks threaten its existence.[1][2]
Commentators also have employed the term to refer to situations where non-nuclear, non-Israeli actors, have threatened conventional weapons retaliation. Two examples have been given: Yassir Arafat[3] and Hezbollah.[4] The name is a reference to biblical character Samson who pushed apart the pillars of a Philistine temple, bringing down the roof and killing himself and thousands of Philistines who had captured him,[5] crying out "God 'Let me die with the Philistines!'" (Judges 16:30).