The threshold the Israeli authorities have set for the use of a nuclear weapon is dangerously low.
Israeli strategic thinking has long been shaped by the fear of an existential threat. Unlike most nuclear states, whose doctrines revolve around deterrence or competition with other nuclear powers, Israel’s security narrative is rooted in the belief that the country could face destruction if a war turns decisively against it. Israeli leaders have repeatedly framed regional conflicts — from the wars of 1967 and 1973 to present confrontations with Iran and armed groups in Gaza and Lebanon — as struggles for national survival. That mindset matters enormously when nuclear weapons are involved.
The collective explosive power isn’t this issue. The issue is that if Israel believes it will lose a war its policy is to believe it will not be allowed to exist in any capacity. Which means its security policy regarding nukes is to take the entire region with them by glassing the Middle East.
Thats bad enough, but additionally because of the way the rest of the worlds nuclear arsenals work, that sort of event could and almost certainly would be the trigger for the end of all life on this planet