Samson Option (English Wikipedia)

"Daniel Project final report", A JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND THE ARTS, vol. 3, IL: ACPR.org, April 2004, archived from the original on December 21, 2009, retrieved December 21, 2009.

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Kristensen, Hans M.; Korda, Matt (January 2, 2022). "Israeli nuclear weapons, 2021". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 78 (1): 38–50. Bibcode:2022BuAtS..78a..38K. doi:10.1080/00963402.2021.2014239. ISSN 0096-3402.

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Farr, Warner D (September 1999), The Third Temple's Holy of Holies: Israel's Nuclear Weapons, Counterproliferation Paper, USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air War College, archived from the original on September 14, 2000.

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Rogerson, J. W. (John William) (1999). Chronicle of the Old Testament kings : the reign-by-reign record of the rulers of ancient Israel. New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-05095-8 – via Internet Archive.

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Hersh, Seymour M. (1991). The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-57006-8.
Van Creveld, Martin (2008), The Culture of War, Random House Digital, p. 284, ISBN 978-0-345-50540-8
Gaffney, Mark (1989). Dimona, the Third Temple?: The Story Behind the Vanunu Revelation. Amana Books. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-915597-77-2.
Shavit, Ari (February 3, 2015). My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. Random House Publishing Group. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-385-52171-0.
Rosenbaum 2012, pp. 22–3. Rosenbaum, Ron (2012), How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-1-4165-9422-2.

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Kranish, Arthur (November 21, 2006). "CIA: ISRAEL HAS 10-20 A-WEAPONS" (PDF). The Washington Post. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 25, 2025. Retrieved June 7, 2026 – via cia.gov.

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Frantz, Douglas (October 12, 2003), "Israel Adds Fuel to Nuclear Dispute, Officials confirm that the nation can now launch atomic weapons from land, sea and air", The Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on October 21, 2007 – via Common Dreams.

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Kristensen, Hans M.; Korda, Matt (January 2, 2022). "Israeli nuclear weapons, 2021". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 78 (1): 38–50. Bibcode:2022BuAtS..78a..38K. doi:10.1080/00963402.2021.2014239. ISSN 0096-3402.

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Cohen, Avner (2001), "9: Israel's Nuclear Opacity: a Political Genealogy", in Spiegel, Steven L; Kibbe, Jennifer D; Matthews, Elizabeth G (eds.), The Dynamics of Middle East Nuclear Proliferation, Symposium, vol. 66, Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, pp. 187–212, archived from the original on October 15, 2008.

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Hirshfeld, Rachel (June 7, 2026). "German 'Poet': Israel 'Danger for World Peace'". Israel National News. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
Ronen, Gil (August 4, 2012). "Letter-poem to Grass: If We Go, Everyone Goes". Israel National News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2026.

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Beres, Louis Rene (March 22, 2004). "Israel and Samson. Biblical Insights on Israeli Strategy in the Nuclear Age". www.jerusalemsummit.org. Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2026.

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Jacobs, Joseph; Price, Maurice; Bacher, Wilhelm; Lauterbach, Jacob Zallel. "SAMSON - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2026.

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Keinon, Herb (January 31, 2002), "Selling the 'Samson option'", The Jerusalem post, archived from the original on June 23, 2004
Katz, Yaakov (December 15, 2006). "Mum's the N-word". The Jerusalem Post. p. 14. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

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Perlmutter, David D. (April 7, 2002). "Dark Thoughts and Quiet Desperation". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2026.

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"Raskin, Fania – Freedom Fighters of Israel Heritage Association". lehi.org. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2026. Fania then spoke up and volunteered herself. She was sure that for an operation such as this, she would find the strength to stand and walk. "My life is no life anyway" she added. This was a "Let my soul die with the Philistines" proposal, the Samson option. Of course, her suggestion was rejected. Fania Raskin passed away on July 20, 1947, in Jerusalem. She was thirty-one.
רסקין פַניה – “מרגלית” – העמותה להנצחת מורשת לח״י (in Hebrew).

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Lehi People לח''י אנשים (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: "Yair" Publishing House. 2002. p. 800. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2024. כאשר תוכננה התנקשות בגנרל בארקר, מפקד הצבא הבריטי בארץ־ישראל, הועלה רעיון, שבחורה תטייל עם עגלת תינוק, שתתפוצץ כאשר הגנרל יעבור לידה. נשאלה השאלה איך הבחורה תצליח להסתלק לפני ההתפוצצות. כאן התפרצה פניה והציעה את עצמה. בשביל פעולה כזאת, אמרה, היא תמצא כוחות לעמוד וללכת. ״ממילא חיי אינם חיים״, הוסיפה היא התכוונה לפעולת ״תמות נפשי עם פלשתים״. הצעתה נדחתה, כמובן. פניה רסקין הלכה לעולמה ב־-20.7.1947ג׳ מנחם אב תש״ז, בירושלים והיא בת 31

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Charles, Dan (November 23, 1991). "Review: Israel has its nuclear demons". New Scientist. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2023.

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Brinkley, Joel (October 20, 1991). "Israeli Nuclear Arsenal Exceeds Earlier Estimates, Book Reports". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
Binder, David (March 16, 1976). "C.I.A. SAYS ISRAEL HAS 10-20 A-BOMBS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
Broad, William J.; Sanger, David E. (June 3, 2017). "'Last Secret' of 1967 War: Israel's Doomsday Plan for Nuclear Display". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
Cohen, Avner (October 6, 2003). "Opinion | The Last Nuclear Moment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2026.

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Brower, Kenneth S (February 1997), "A Propensity for Conflict: Potential Scenarios and Outcomes of War in the Middle East", Jane's Intelligence Review (special report) (14): 14–5.

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"Israel has at least 150 atomic weapons: Carter". Reuters. May 26, 2008. Archived from the original on October 28, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2026. Former President Jimmy Carter has said Israel holds at least 150 nuclear weapons, the first time a U.S. president has publicly acknowledged the Jewish state's atomic arsenal.

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"The war game". The Guardian. September 20, 2003. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2026.

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Plushnick-Masti, Ramit (August 25, 2006). "Israel Buys 2 Nuclear-Capable Submarines". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012.

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Charles, Dan (November 23, 1991). "Review: Israel has its nuclear demons". New Scientist. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
Keinon, Herb (January 31, 2002), "Selling the 'Samson option'", The Jerusalem post, archived from the original on June 23, 2004
Beres, Louis René (November 16, 2018). "Israel and the "Samson Option" in an Interconnected World". Modern War Institute. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
"Raskin, Fania – Freedom Fighters of Israel Heritage Association". lehi.org. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2026. Fania then spoke up and volunteered herself. She was sure that for an operation such as this, she would find the strength to stand and walk. "My life is no life anyway" she added. This was a "Let my soul die with the Philistines" proposal, the Samson option. Of course, her suggestion was rejected. Fania Raskin passed away on July 20, 1947, in Jerusalem. She was thirty-one.
Lehi People לח''י אנשים (PDF) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: "Yair" Publishing House. 2002. p. 800. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2024. כאשר תוכננה התנקשות בגנרל בארקר, מפקד הצבא הבריטי בארץ־ישראל, הועלה רעיון, שבחורה תטייל עם עגלת תינוק, שתתפוצץ כאשר הגנרל יעבור לידה. נשאלה השאלה איך הבחורה תצליח להסתלק לפני ההתפוצצות. כאן התפרצה פניה והציעה את עצמה. בשביל פעולה כזאת, אמרה, היא תמצא כוחות לעמוד וללכת. ״ממילא חיי אינם חיים״, הוסיפה היא התכוונה לפעולת ״תמות נפשי עם פלשתים״. הצעתה נדחתה, כמובן. פניה רסקין הלכה לעולמה ב־-20.7.1947ג׳ מנחם אב תש״ז, בירושלים והיא בת 31
Cohen, Avner (2001), "9: Israel's Nuclear Opacity: a Political Genealogy", in Spiegel, Steven L; Kibbe, Jennifer D; Matthews, Elizabeth G (eds.), The Dynamics of Middle East Nuclear Proliferation, Symposium, vol. 66, Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, pp. 187–212, archived from the original on October 15, 2008.
Katz, Yaakov (December 15, 2006). "Mum's the N-word". The Jerusalem Post. p. 14. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
"Israel has at least 150 atomic weapons: Carter". Reuters. May 26, 2008. Archived from the original on October 28, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2026. Former President Jimmy Carter has said Israel holds at least 150 nuclear weapons, the first time a U.S. president has publicly acknowledged the Jewish state's atomic arsenal.
Kranish, Arthur (November 21, 2006). "CIA: ISRAEL HAS 10-20 A-WEAPONS" (PDF). The Washington Post. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 25, 2025. Retrieved June 7, 2026 – via cia.gov.
Frantz, Douglas (October 12, 2003), "Israel Adds Fuel to Nuclear Dispute, Officials confirm that the nation can now launch atomic weapons from land, sea and air", The Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on October 21, 2007 – via Common Dreams.
Plushnick-Masti, Ramit (August 25, 2006). "Israel Buys 2 Nuclear-Capable Submarines". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012.
Jacobs, Joseph; Price, Maurice; Bacher, Wilhelm; Lauterbach, Jacob Zallel. "SAMSON - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
Farr, Warner D (September 1999), The Third Temple's Holy of Holies: Israel's Nuclear Weapons, Counterproliferation Paper, USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air War College, archived from the original on September 14, 2000.
"Daniel Project final report", A JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND THE ARTS, vol. 3, IL: ACPR.org, April 2004, archived from the original on December 21, 2009, retrieved December 21, 2009.
Beres, Louis Rene (March 22, 2004). "Israel and Samson. Biblical Insights on Israeli Strategy in the Nuclear Age". www.jerusalemsummit.org. Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
Perlmutter, David D. (April 7, 2002). "Dark Thoughts and Quiet Desperation". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
"The war game". The Guardian. September 20, 2003. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
Ronen, Gil (August 4, 2012). "Letter-poem to Grass: If We Go, Everyone Goes". Israel National News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2026.

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Beres, Louis René (November 16, 2018). "Israel and the "Samson Option" in an Interconnected World". Modern War Institute. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.

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Brinkley, Joel (October 20, 1991). "Israeli Nuclear Arsenal Exceeds Earlier Estimates, Book Reports". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 8, 2026.
Binder, David (March 16, 1976). "C.I.A. SAYS ISRAEL HAS 10-20 A-BOMBS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
Kristensen, Hans M.; Korda, Matt (January 2, 2022). "Israeli nuclear weapons, 2021". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 78 (1): 38–50. Bibcode:2022BuAtS..78a..38K. doi:10.1080/00963402.2021.2014239. ISSN 0096-3402.
Broad, William J.; Sanger, David E. (June 3, 2017). "'Last Secret' of 1967 War: Israel's Doomsday Plan for Nuclear Display". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
Cohen, Avner (October 6, 2003). "Opinion | The Last Nuclear Moment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
"The war game". The Guardian. September 20, 2003. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2026.

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