---
category: "Nuclear Scientists & Programs"
tags:
  - Person
  - Nuclear
  - Israel
summary: "Mordecai Hod was the chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force."
born: 1926-09-28
died: 2003-06-30
location: "Kibbutz Degania, British Mandatory Palestine"
---

Mordecai Hod was the chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force. He, along with [[Yitzhak Rabin]], went to see [[Abraham Feinberg]] to express their agitation that [[Clark Clifford]] was insisting on [[Israel]] signing the [[Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty|NPT]] as a condition for receiving F-4 fighter jets. Feinberg then intervened to ensure the F-4 sale proceeded without this condition.[^1]

### Footnotes

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 14.