The memory of the Holocaust and fear of a campaign similar to the one waged in World War II against the Jewish community in Israel, led David Ben-Gurion’s purely realistic thinking to secure the state’s survival at all costs. The State of Israel as a Jewish state could only survive if it had the all means to overcome its existential struggle with the Arab states. The ultimate, most effective means were nuclear weapons. Ben-Gurion demanded the mobilization of all the power that lay within the grasp of the Jewish people by arguing that the existence of the state was the means for the continued existence of the Jewish people. Therefore he recruited the best scientists among world Jewry and raised the funds to realize this goal. This was achieved in two processes, scientific and organizational, and in two channels, the American and French.

对大屠杀的记忆和对类似于二战期间针对以色列犹太社区发动的运动的恐惧，导致大卫·本-古里安不惜一切代价确保国家生存的纯粹现实思维。以色列国作为一个犹太国家，只有在拥有一切手段克服与阿拉伯国家的生存斗争时才能生存。最终、最有效的手段是核武器。本古里安要求动员犹太人掌握的所有权力，他认为国家的存在是犹太人继续存在的手段。因此，他招募了世界犹太人中最优秀的科学家并筹集资金来实现这一目标。这是通过科学和组织两个过程以及美国和法国两个渠道实现的。