Less than 2 weeks before Israel's election, violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank (a.k.a. Judea & Samaria) has erupted as a top story in the news worldwide. They have attacked Palestinian farmers and villagers, they severely injured a Washington Post photographer, and they assaulted a group of European diplomats who drove into the West Bank to see what's going on.
Dan speaks with Nimrod Novik, one of the leaders of Commanders for Israel's Security, after the organization petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court to order action aimed at restoring order.
Novik talks about dangers to Israel's security, due to unrest in that territory captured from Jordan in 1967 -- and the damage to Israel's reputation abroad.
They also discuss a study by the Institute for National Security Studies (near Tel Aviv), identifying a new national security strategy for Israel that is emerging without being announced or fully discussed. Among other things, it stresses offensive action rather than defense and deterrence; and the new strategy advocates reducing dependence on the United States.
This is the 89th weekly episode of The Mossad Files with Dan Raviv.
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Dan's most recent book -- with Israeli espionage/defense expert Yossi Melman -- is a low-priced e-book, "Target: Iran -- How the Mossad Penetrated Iran to Smash the Nuclear Program." For Kindle: https://levantbooks.short.gy/hGLRKs
Also the Raviv-Melman history of the Mossad is "Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel's Secret Wars" -- You may purchase it at http://bit.ly/41j1Sc3 in Kindle or paperback (and on all e-book platforms).
AND: Dan Raviv is co-author of a book with social psychologist Prof. Arie Kruglanski -- "The Quest for Significance: Harnessing the Need that Makes the World Go Round." It explains how every person has a need for respect and dignity, and the book advises how you can figure out yourself and the people around you, to give them a measure of Significance. To buy: https://amzn.to/3Y2cawj
(You can watch or listen, also, to THE QUEST FOR SIGNIFICANCE PODCAST series.)
Our music for THE MOSSAD FILES podcast is Clock is Ticking, by Braden Deal, from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/braden-deal/clock-is-ticking -- License code: YY2MEPOUFX6P7MIH.
