Might Israel still use the Samson Option?

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"Did Golda Meir say she would authorize the Samson option to defend Israel?"

Prime Minister Golda Meir did not explicitly say she would authorize the Samson Option, but during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, her actions were widely interpreted as an implied threat to use Israel's nuclear capabilities. 

Implied threat during the Yom Kippur War 

• The situation: In the early days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Arab forces from Egypt and Syria overwhelmed the Israeli military with a surprise attack. Israel's leadership, including Prime Minister Meir, was initially faced with heavy losses.
• The nuclear alert: In response to the dire situation, Meir authorized a nuclear alert. As part of this, 13 atomic bombs were prepared for potential deployment on Jericho missiles and F-4 Phantom aircraft.
• The message to the U.S.: Concurrently, Israel's ambassador in Washington delivered a message to U.S. President Richard Nixon. The message warned that Israel was in a desperate situation and that "very serious conclusions" might occur if the United States did not provide military aid via an airlift.
• The outcome: Nixon understood the gravity of the implied threat and quickly initiated a massive airlift of military supplies to Israel. This influx of conventional weapons helped turn the tide of the war in Israel's favor, and the country's nuclear capability was never used. 

Understanding the Samson Option

• The "Samson Option" is Israel's unofficial, last-resort deterrence strategy of massive nuclear retaliation against any enemy that threatens the country's very existence.
• The strategy's name is a reference to the biblical figure Samson, who destroyed himself and his Philistine enemies by pulling down the temple pillars.
• Meir's move in 1973 is widely considered by commentators to be the first instance in which Israel used the implicit threat of the Samson Option to influence foreign policy, though it was never stated outright. 
• Implied threat during the Yom Kippur War 
  • The situation: In the early days of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Arab forces from Egypt and Syria overwhelmed the Israeli military with a surprise attack. Israel's leadership, including Prime Minister Meir, was initially faced with heavy losses.
  • The nuclear alert: In response to the dire situation, Meir authorized a nuclear alert. As part of this, 13 atomic bombs were prepared for potential deployment on Jericho missiles and F-4 Phantom aircraft.
  • The message to the U.S.: Concurrently, Israel's ambassador in Washington delivered a message to U.S. President Richard Nixon. The message warned that Israel was in a desperate situation and that "very serious conclusions" might occur if the United States did not provide military aid via an airlift.
  • The outcome: Nixon understood the gravity of the implied threat and quickly initiated a massive airlift of military supplies to Israel. This influx of conventional weapons helped turn the tide of the war in Israel's favor, and the country's nuclear capability was never used. 
  Understanding the Samson Option
  • The "Samson Option" is Israel's unofficial, last-resort deterrence strategy of massive nuclear retaliation against any enemy that threatens the country's very existence.
  • The strategy's name is a reference to the biblical figure Samson, who destroyed himself and his Philistine enemies by pulling down the temple pillars.
  • Meir's move in 1973 is widely considered by commentators to be the first instance in which Israel used the implicit threat of the Samson Option to influence foreign policy, though it was never stated outright.