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So I found this thing on Xitter, and I tried doing my research to see if any kind of facts came up about it on whether it was true or not. I got a mixed bag, half sources saying yes, and they other saying no, the Samson Option is not a real thing. (Most of the “articles” saying the Samson Option were true were written with many, many antisemitic dog-whistles). As a last resort, I was wondering if you knew anything about this and whether it is true or not, or it is just another “Jews control the whole world” conspiracy theory.
so the ‘samson option’ refers to a deterrence strategy that has never (and is unlikely to) be put into effect. essentially it’s ‘retaliation with nuclear weapons if israel is truly on the brink of extinction’—like samson, the enemy would go down with it.
israel has never officially admitted to having nuclear weapons—this is a strategy known as ‘nuclear opacity’, a form of strategic ambiguity. but it’s also an open secret that they have nuclear warheads.
laughably untrue that israel alone is opaque about their nuclear arsenal. do these people know anything about nuclear deterrence or history or weapons production or the iran nuclear deal or— (no, no, no, and no).
i can find no evidence corroborating the claim that israel has stockpiles of sarin gas, which assad used in syria and iraq used against iranian forces in 1988. that doesn’t mean israel doesn’t have chemical weapons, but this claim in particular is unsubstantiated.
that last tweet is conspiracy nonsense. international pressure has worked on israel before (do you remember when israel had control of the entire sinai peninsula?) and the world is still very much here.
“the world is essentially being held hostage by them” will blow back on all jews, absolutely, even if that is not the intent.