Dan spotlights some intriguing statements surrounding the third anniversary of October 7: Did intelligence agencies ignore warnings of a Hamas plan to massacre and kidnap Israelis? Brett McGurk, longtime nonpartisan U.S. official who was President Biden's Middle East envoy confirms there really was near-agreement with Saudi Arabia to establish open, cooperative relations with Israel -- just before the October 7 atrocity.
McGurk was speaking to Margaret Brennan of CBS's Face the Nation, about his new book, "Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7th Hostages."
Dan then interviews Eric Alterman -- a Brooklyn College professor whose book in early 2023, "We Are Not One," chronicled the trend of American Jews drifting away from Israel. His New York Times opinion article, a few days ago, was headlined, "AIPAC is Failing."
Dan mentions (repeatedly) that he does not agree with all of Alterman's strong criticisms of Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank. The purpose, in the podcast, is to offer a window into what many American progressives are focused on -- when it comes to Israel.
Alterman says he used to be a "liberal Zionist" but now cannot defend Israel. That's a strategic crisis for Israel: a significant part of the threat matrix this podcast discusses.
This is the 88th 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.
