Samson Option

English Alternative forms en Samson option Etymology In reference to Samson in the Bible, who destroyed the Philistine temple in which he was captured in a suicide attack. Proper noun - + Samson option 1 A last-resort strategy employed by the State of Israel involving massive nuclear retaliation within and outside of the State of Israel. en Filipe w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/blogarchive/insidethemiddleeast.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/04/the-day-in-pictures-obama-in-the-middle-east/ 2009-06-07 The Samson Option states that Moshe Dayan gave the go-ahead for starting weapon production in early 1968, putting the plutonium separation plant into full operation. https://web.archive.org/web/20230201010714/https://www.cnn.com/blogarchive/insidethemiddleeast.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/04/the-day-in-pictures-obama-in-the-middle-east/ en figuratively by extension Any massively destructive strategy used as a last resort, especially one that is also self-destructive. en 1992 Paul C. Warnke Reviews: Nuclear Israel Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://books.google.com/books?id=nQsAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42&dq=%22whatever+the+eventual+shape+of+the+new+world%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjtgajonaOTAxU6MtAFHdjALpQQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=%22whatever%20the%20eventual%20shape%20of%20the%20new%20world%22&f=false 48 2 42 Whatever the eventual shape of the new world order, it should leave no room for "Samson options." en March 27, 2009 Mr.Smartypants Usuary (sic) of the Zionists https://groups.google.com/g/can.politics/c/AtvEc-O3-N8/m/qEEnoMKpZLcJ can.politics This is the essence of the beast and the lever of control. You don’t need hidden nukes or Samson options. This is what is happening and this is why the bank bailouts are taking place to ensure a greater consolidation and control of the destiny of planet Earth. en Frida Ghitis Trump has set Republicans up to fail in Georgia w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/29/opinions/georgia-trump-set-gop-failure-ghitis 2020-12-29 Trump’s fiercest advocates have launched their Samson option: If he can’t keep power, they’ll bring down the party with him by calling for a boycott of the election. https://web.archive.org/web/20221003082245/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/29/opinions/georgia-trump-set-gop-failure-ghitis Translations last-resort strategy Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 參孫選項 Hebrew: he ברירת שמשון b'rerat shimshon Russian: ru вариант Самсона, ru доктрина Самсона, ru опция Самсона Further reading en terms derived from the Bible en Israel Nuclear warfare