“Former Israeli National Security Advisor” – with Uzi Arad

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🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary Uzi Arad (Wikipedia) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss intelligence and policy at the highest level. Uzi was also a former foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Director of Intelligence for the Mossad. What You’ll Learn Intelligence National security in Israel Israel’s position within the Middle East State leaders as consumers of intelligence Uzi’s relationship with PM Netanyahu Reflections Handling intense pressure Power, proximity, and influence And much, much more … Resources SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts* Irregular Warfare & Intelligence with IWC Director Dennis Walters (2023) Israeli Military Intelligence with IDF Brig. General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser (2023) Keeping Secrets/Disclosing Secrets with Spy Chief turned DG of Australia’s National Archives David Fricker (2022) Intelligence & the World’s Largest Democracy with Former Indian Intelligence Director Vikram Sood (2021) *Beginner Resources* National Security Definition and Examples, R. Longley, ThoughtCo (2021) [Short article] What Was the Iran-Contra Affair?, HISTORY, YouTube (2018) [5 min. video] A 60-Second Guide To The Arab Spring, G. Wyler, Insider (2011) [Short article] DEEPER DIVE Books Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East, U. Kaufman (St. Martin’s Press, 2023) Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, A. Pfeffer (Basic Books, 2018) Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad, G. Thomas (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015) Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East, M. B. Oren (Presidio Press, 2006) Primary Sources Trilateral Statement on the Middle East Summit at David Peace, The Avalon Project (2000) The Wye River Memorandum (1998) The Washington Declaration, Jewish Virtual Library (1994) Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, CIA FOIA (1987) Israel’s “Peace for the Galilee” Operation in Lebanon – Some Initial Perspectives, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (1982) Sitting 145 of the Ninth Knesset (1978)

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0:00.0	Here's a quick note to contextualize the month-long five-week special on Israeli intelligence.
0:06.9	This spike as special has by some quirk of fate coincided with the tragic and historic
0:12.0	events that are playing out in the region.
0:14.2	I am, of course, referring to what has now been called the 2023 Israel Hamas War.
0:20.4	I just wanted to note that this special has been six months in the planning, and the
0:26.0	first episode, which provides historical context for the succeeding episodes, was released
0:30.6	five days before Hamas attacked Israel.
0:34.8	Nevertheless, the timing is very uncanny, and the same week as Hamas terrorists broke
0:41.0	through the Gaza-Israel barrier, the first episode had already aired.
0:45.9	Four days after the attack, we had on Uzi Erad, who worked alongside the current Prime Minister
0:52.5	of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu for 15 years, as his foreign policy adviser and later
0:59.2	national security adviser.
1:00.6	Uzi spoke about intelligence and policy at the very highest level, which is undoubtedly
1:06.9	what is happening as I speak on October 11, 2023.
1:12.1	And then in the third installment, we have on Professor Urebar Joseph, who wrote what
1:16.9	many consider debout in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, to talk about intelligence failure and
1:23.4	the legacy of that conflict, which many compare to what is now happening almost 50 years
1:29.8	to the day after Israel was caught by a surprise attack on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
1:36.2	In the fourth week, we examine Israel's special operations unit, Syret Mapkal, who conduct
1:42.2	top secret intelligence missions on who excelled in hostage extraction, and who will therefore
1:48.1	undoubtedly be utilized in this current conflict, where the fifth week is a double bill with
1:53.6	the former head of counterterrorism for the Israeli defence forces and the former head
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