https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

“Israel could “bring down the pillars of the world (attack Moscow and European capitals for instance)” as well as the “holy places of Islam.” and that the “abandonment of proportionality is the essence” of the Samson Option.” - Ron Rosenbaum

”For the first time in history, a people facing extermination while the world either cackles or looks away—have the power to destroy the world. The ultimate justice?” - David Perlmutter

https://www.theinteldrop.org/2025/06/17/new-leak-reveals-israels-samson-option-includes-american-cities-on-nuclear-target-list/

According to security analysts who have reviewed the leaked documents, cities identified in the alleged target list include New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and the NORAD command center in Colorado. Also named are Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option

In the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Arab forces were overwhelming Israeli forces and Prime Minister Golda Meir authorized a nuclear alert and ordered 13 atomic bombs be readied for use by missiles and aircraft. The Israeli Ambassador informed President Richard Nixon that “very serious conclusions” may occur if the United States did not airlift supplies. Nixon complied. This is seen by some commentators on the subject as the first threat of the use of the Samson Option.

Here is a map showing countries that are within Israel’s nuclear targeting range:

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    ”For the first time in history, a people facing extermination while the world either cackles or looks away—have the power to destroy the world. The ultimate justice?” - David Perlmutter

    But the Palestinians do not have nuclear weapons.

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        I’m reminded of the cycle of abuse and the passing on of personality disorders from parent to child. They’re so obsessed with their own trauma that they’re gleefully doing to others what was done to them. They don’t see the similarities and have come to see the problem with what was done to them more in who it was done to than what was done.

        This is also interesting because I see it significantly less in Jewish communities outside Israel. Sure, there are plenty who side with Israel no matter what and believe whatever they say, but in Israel it’s different, it’s like nearly the whole country has lost its mind and soul.

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    According to grindinsource and scamdoc, theinteldrop is not a trustworthy website and might be linked to Russian disinformation campaigns. Please take the information about attacking allies, mentioned above, with a grain of salt.

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      Those “site checker” websites don’t look any more trustworthy either, buzzo.

      The owner of the domain name associated with this site is hidden in the Whois database.

      What the actual fuck?

      Please take the information about attacking allies, mentioned above, with a grain of salt.

      Oh I see what you’re actually getting at. I should use kaspersky’s website to call out some western websites as untrustworthy. Thanks!

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      Yeah the website itself is not particularly reputable, I should have cited a different source, however the information they’re citing comes directly from intelligence agencies and has been reported by numerous other publications.

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        You should have cited one of those then. Lmao. I have a girlfriend too. You wouldn’t know her. She goes to another school.

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    This is only remarkable for people unfamiliar with cold war nuclear strategy and tactics. It’s all insane, and Israel isn’t the fist, or most credible, to have a doomsday plan.

    There is no centrist position between total nuclear weapons ban and murder the world.

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      Every single nuclear power and target (every geopolitical entity) has this kind of list.

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      I’m downvoting people here for being unreasonable asswipes, but I’m not Zionist and support the end of Israel’s violence against Palestinians. I also support the dissolution of Hamas and Hezbollah, and the imprisonment of Netanyahu. But a lot of people on Lemmy seem like they’re antisemite shills or bots, who want an end to Israel as a state, and those people can go fuck themselves.

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        Yes, but you’re the one calling it Israeli violence not genocide, and writing the z word with a capital.

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            No I’m saying your words and certain lack of words reveal you’re probably an apologetic Jew.

            I know it must be confusing, but “supporting the end of violence” is not how a sane person who has seen the (last) reports of each of the (murdered) journalists talks about this situation.

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              If you think you can glean that much information from a couple text posts on an online platform, you are truly arrogant about your perceptive skills and should do a lot more reflection about how personal and cognitive biases influence your own judgment. I am not Jewish and have been very critical of Israel’s actions following Hamas’s attack.

              But you will likely keep thinking that, just because someone doesn’t use the exact same language as you do, they’re clearly an apologist on the other side of the fight. That’s the kind of dumb purity testing that creates cracks within the very movement you’re trying to promote, by the way.

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    If you thought the Brits and the French were mad dogs, if you thought their son, America, was a rabid beast, wait til you meet the latest addition to the family!

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    im guessing california is safe, as is most of S america except brazil, and more than half australia, nz doesnt need to worry.

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    This is (one of) the real reason the West always acquisces to Israel, although Israel will call it a fairy tale.

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    Yeah Mutually Assured Destruction is a helluva thing isn’t it?

    Antisemitic types that want another holocaust might be butt-hurt over this, but most people understand that all nukes are bad, but Israel’s nukes aren’t somehow worse than those owned by Russia, USA, China, UK, France, North Korea, India, or Pakistan. Every one of those countries would nuke another country if they became an existential threat to them. But why are you upset over Israel having nukes and don’t worry at all about the other eight countries that have them?

    Oh right, because they’re Jews.

    Feel free to your rationalizations over why your feelings on this aren’t rooted in antisemitism below this comment.

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      The assertion true or false is that Israel would attack others not involved in its destruction if it should fall. This is like the US worrying about being invaded by the Chinese in the 60s and threatening to nuke Switzerland and Australia to keep people from staying neutral.

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      If Hitler had nukes we would have been upset to learn about that.

      Sorry, you are too stupid to participate in conversation. You may leave now.

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    I imagine every nuclear state has developed such extreme plans. Singling Israel out for criticism over it makes no sense.

    Oh, unless you’re an antisemite, I guess.

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      Yep criticizing Israel = antisematism, thats a healthy attitude that doesn’t at all backfire against the Jewish people and faith.

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        I never said that. I’m plenty critical of Israel. I said that singling them out for something basically every country with nuclear weapons does makes no sense. Unless, you’re an antisemite.

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          Every other nuclear power does not have a literal plan to nuke their allies. Stop acting like a Zionist.

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              We are also critical of the US for these things, though, so it’s crazy to act as if we aren’t consistent.

              “Whatabout-” yes they are bad too, now stop pretending that you aren’t defending a genocidal state and intentionally conflating criticism of the state with criticisms of all Jews. (Not saying you, but the other guy)

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            I’m not so sure about that now that I consider it. Military loves contingencies. If USA were to get invaded by Russia or China and somehow was losing and no one helped us for some reason, wouldn’t we threaten Europe or Canada etc? I can see crazy contingency plans being drawn up for dire circumstances

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      Ah yes, it’s anti-semitic to criticise modern Hitler’s use of nukes to bully other nations into staying out of international human rights violations.

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      Not to bomb there allies, this only “makes sense” if the country is getting invaded and they want to punish there allies for not defending them. The US cannot be invaded and even if they were they aren’t dependent on there allies to defend them, same with USSR/Russia.

      Maybe France or the UK mulled over bombing dc if the Russians invaded but they probably didn’t look too far as that would take away any chance for a d-day 2 that could free them. It also may bring about a counterattack by the US, and France has shown in WWII they would rather surrender to the enemy then see Paris burn.

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    Okay. And? Why?

    Is this some scaremongering post that we should be afraid of Israel?

    There are plenty of countries with the same capabilities.

    Those fucking Zionists would get bombed into oblivion themselves quicker than they can fire all their rockets.