Israel, not Iran, is the real nuclear rogue state which possesses atomic bombs and which openly threatens the world, after having its duplicitous spies, which include Benjamin Netanyahu, steal much of that technology from the United States.
Israel has also refused to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), unlike Iran.
Israel developed nuclear weapons since the 1960s, making it the sixth country to achieve nuclear capability, following the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France, and China.
The Jewish state completed its first deliverable nuclear weapon in late 1966. Experts estimate Israel possesses between 90 and 400 nuclear warheads, with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and others citing around 90 as a conservative figure.
The Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona is the primary site for Israel’s nuclear program, housing a small research reactor under IAEA safeguards but not subject to full inspections due to Israel’s non-NPT status.
Israel has stolen most of its nuclear weaponry through a series of well-known—but ignored by the controlled media—heists, cases of espionage, and so-called “dual-loyalty” Jews with American citizenship (more accurately called single-loyalty).
The two most prominent examples of this theft and espionage were:
1. The NUMEC Incident: Israel stole bomb-grade uranium-235 from the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) in Pennsylvania, facilitated by NUMEC’s founder and president, Zalman Shapiro.
2. Krytron Smuggling: Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan illicitly purchased high-speed switches (krytrons) for nuclear triggers, smuggled from the U.S. He was assisted in this process by Benjamin Netanyahu, today Prime Minister of Israel.
As revealed in the book, “The Samson Option: Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy,” published in 1991 by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour M. Hersh, which uses interviews with U.S. and Israeli officials, declassified documents, and whistleblower accounts, notably from Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel’s Dimona reactor to the press in 1986, Israel’s nuclear program significantly influenced U.S.-Israel relations, with American administrations, particularly under Presidents Kennedy and Nixon, tacitly tolerating Israel’s activities.
Hersh points out that Israel’s policy of “nuclear ambiguity” destabilizes the Middle East, spurring proliferation by states like Iraq and Iran, and critiques the U.S. for inconsistent non-proliferation policies, shielding Israel while condemning others.
The book’s title reveals its main thrust: It draws an analogy to the biblical figure Samson, who destroyed a Philistine temple, killing himself and his enemies. Hersh claims that Israel, possessing an estimated 100–200 nuclear warheads by the 1980s, developed this policy to deter adversaries by signaling its willingness to unleash catastrophic retaliation, potentially targeting European capital cities.
Hersh revealed that Israel used this threat during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, placing nuclear forces on alert to pressure the United States for urgent military aid.
