A nuclear iran could keep a bomb in place as a symbol of national power. If iran were to establish a samson option of its own, it would mean that a sustained conflict between the two states will plunge the world into a nuclear winter. The us congress office of technology assessment has recorded israel as a country generally reported as having undeclared chemical warfare capabilities, and an offensive. Israel and palestine, the samson option canada free press. Please repost this essay in full to bring the lethal nature of the threat of the samson option to the attention of as many people as possible. Shouldnt the world be going to war against israel, before they get to. And western governments, including britain and the us, turn a blind eye. Some of them were members of the iransupported palestinian islamic jihad pij, while others were associated with hamas. Israel and the samson option in an interconnected world modern. Martin van creveld, formerly of the hebrew university, jerusalem, is one of the worlds leading experts on military history and strategy. Israel says they have nuclear missiles aimed at cities all over europe, which they curiously and insanely regard as hostile, this being the preferred choice of target of the israeli air force.
It boosts up your confidence for intimacy with your partner first as you get a moral support when they are besides you or around you. It details the history of israels nuclear weapons program and its effects on israelamerican relations. Yet, the israeli nuclear policy of ambiguity and opacity has not. Israels nuclear arsenal and american foreign policy is a 1991 book by seymour hersh. The samson option of the books title refers to the nuclear strategy whereby israel would. Patrick slattery israels massive nuclear arsenal is one of the worlds worstkept secrets. Israel, headquarters of the one world order and the samson option. This fascinating work of investigative history sifts hard fact from the decades rumors and halfconfirmed reports about israels nuclear weapons program. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the the samson option, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Korean war and an expanding iranhezbollah offensive could create.
The samson option, july 14, 2007 at and prophesied destruction of damascus imminent. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by. Never in history have any of these events occurred. The article samson option, along with other articles relating to the arabisraeli conflict, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies resulting from four arbitration cases see wp. If hong kong was a country i think we would have a similar mindset like israel and singapore have. How the state of israel occupied jerusalem duration.
The result is a convincing description of nuclear capacity sought from the very beginning of the new state and achieved while americans pretended ignorance or provided indirect assistance. The samson option confirmed by israeli prime minister. Israel could better exploit the benefits of a samson option by selectively ending its nuclear ambiguity. It relates, for the first time, the political, diplomatic, and military repercussions that have for decades been concealed from the world. The israeli nuclear program abounds in these kinds of equivalencies between jewish martyrs and israels right to a nuclear program no matter what other people in the world might think. The samson option sounds like the plot of yet another apocalyptic hollywood movie. By mothman777 th february 2012 remember the samson option. She betrays him to her people, the philistines, who are the enemies of the israelites. Sometimes they refer to it as the massada plan, after the mountain in the judea desert where hundreds of zealous jews committed mass suicide after 3 years of roman siege in. After the iran nuclear deal, israels regional dominance faces new.
They come from a chapter entitled samson in search of a final solution. Israel is widely believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, and to be one of four nucleararmed countries not recognized as a nuclear weapons state by the nonproliferation treaty npt. An attack on iran and sanctions are both unworkable. About the samson doctrine newspolitics i was reading about the samson doctrine of your government, and there are some accounts that seem to indicate israel plans to use nukes on neutral superpowers and european powers, should it face likely annihilation. Israel let it be know that was willing to take down the entire world rather than allow the zionist dream to come to an end. The truth about israels secret nuclear arsenal israel. The samson option explodes one of the worlds most closely guarded secretsthe secret of israels atomic arsenal. Israel and the samson option in an interconnected world. As youd expect of a documentary, the book is filled with fascinating facts that are little know by the public. If israel go to war with iran with the premise, iran may build a bomb and use it gainst them.
The coming war between israel and iran, simon and schuster, p. The following passages are taken from my newest ebook, nostradamus iran. Author seymour hersh, writing in the samson option says prime. The samson in the samson option refers to the biblical text about samson in which he chooses to destroy the temple around him rather than defy the rules of god.
The samson option of the books title refers to the nuclear strategy whereby israel would launch a massive nuclear retaliatory strike if the state itself was being overrun. Written in 1991, the samson option is seymour hershs account of israels acquisition of nuclear weapons. Former prime minister olmert blurted it out in an interview with german television. There is a reason why the israelis are so afraid of iran. Hersh random house new york for elizabeth, matthew, melissa, and joshua contents authors note 1. Nostradamus, a christianized jew, predicted many clear visions about the coming of israel. Significantly, the samson option could never protect israel as a fully comprehensive nuclear strategy unto itself.
Israel, headquarters of the one world order and the samson. Hersh did not travel to israel to conduct interviews for the book, believing that he might. The samson option could serve israel better as an adjunct to deterrence and certain preemption options than as a core nuclear strategy. If just onemissile hits israel with the deadly vx gas, the samson option will be instantly implemented. In truth such a scenario is secretly intended for the samson option, to falsely justify at least in their own deluded eyes the need for the attack on the rest of the world with nuclear weapons in revenge for not serving israel well enough. Some military analysts refer to the israeli nuclear strategy as the samson option.
The whole world remains a potential victim of this horrific strategy by syarif hidayat the biblical story of samson and delilah is familiar judges 16. But it seems nothing short of a peace agreement with the arab countries and iran would lead israel currently. But perhaps it is we who are also prone to emotional deception, of the self imposed sort. But there always comes a time when your hair will thin and drop out. The samson option is the name that some military analysts and authors have given to israels deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons. Can israel live in a nuclear balance of terror with iran. But in this case the nukes are all too real and the terrorists happen to be the wildly irrational leaders of israel.
Duke video below that also exposes the samson option. In any serious strategic calculus, the samson option refers not just to. The biblical story of samson and delilah is familiar judges 16. One of these described its six day war preempting arab invasion in 1967 on multiple fronts. Possibly all of europe if reports of bm25 musadan irbms are true. Samson option israels nuclear arsenal and american foreign policy seymour m. On monday, the idf blew up a tunnel that crossed under the border between gaza and israel, and reached a point approximately 2 km from kibbutz kissufim. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Operation nickel grass was an overt strategic airlift operation conducted by the united states to deliver weapons and supplies to israel during the yom kippur war. Israel has been stealing nuclear secrets and covertly making bombs since the 1950s. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the samson option.
The samson option makes sense for a country like israel, with a small population and surrounded on all sides by enemies. Israel is small enough that one nuclear bomb could destroy the modern jewish state. The samson option should never be confused with israels main security objective, which is to seek deterrence at much lower levels of possible conflict. Apart from our internal traitorous enemies we need to think clearly about all our external enemies. All ip editors, accounts with fewer than 500 edits, and accounts with less than 30 days tenure are prohibited. The samson option, or how israel plans a nuclear winter. Israels nuclear arsenal and american foreign policy kindle edition by hersh, seymour m download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Prime minister benjamin netanyahu says irans nuclear program leaves israel poised on the edge of an abyss, and once iran gets the atom bomb, war is inevitable.
This option must also never be confused with israels more generalized, or broad spectrum, nuclear strategy, one which must always seek to maximize national deterrence at recognizably less apocalyptic levels of possible. Air force shipped 22,325 tons of tanks, artillery, ammunition, and supplies in c141 starlifter and c5 galaxy transport aircraft between october 14 and november 14, 1973. An iran with nuclear ambitions has forced israel to consider a new. The samson option, israels preemptive strike iran freedom foundation web site march 21, 2005 dr.
Israels nuclear arsenal and american foreign policy, claimed that israel had manufactured hundreds hersh, 1993. A third option is to create a nuclearfree middle east. More than that, at no time in recorded history were any of these things even possible. Moreover, my samson model, one that is intended to be instructive for israel, has nothing whatever to do with the image offered in the dreadful popular book by seymour m. The samson option upheld national catholic reporter. Israels nuclear arsenal and american foreign policy. This is what is known as the samson option, named after the biblical character who destroyed his enemies by pushing down the columns of a temple, killing himself in the process.
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