Middle East Expert Samuel Katz on the War in Israel

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🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest on this special episode of Danger Close is an expert on the Middle East, counterterrorism, and special operations.

In addition to hundreds of articles on topics related to the Arab-Israeli conflict and international security issues, New York Times bestselling author Samuel Katz is also the former editor of the trade publication Special Operations Report.

He is the author of more than 20 books, including The Ghost Warriors: Inside Israel's Undercover War Against Suicide Terrorism, No Shadows in the Desert: Murder, Vengeance, and Espionage in the War Against ISIS, Harpoon: Inside The Covert War against International Terrorism’s Money Masters, and Beirut Rules: the Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah’s War

You can find more of his work at samuelkatzonline.com and on X @Samuel_M_Katz

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0:00.0	This is The Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books with me, Jack Carr.
0:17.6	Welcome to The Danger Close Podcast, an Iron Cloud original presented by Navy Federal Credit
0:21.9	Union.
0:22.9	My guest today is my friend, Samuel Katz, he's written something like 40 books on terrorism,
0:28.2	special operations, focused primarily on the Middle East. His latest book is called
0:32.7	No Shadows in the Desert. He's also written hundreds of articles on terrorism and special
0:37.9	operations.
0:38.9	If you find out more about him at Samuel Katz Online.com, and now without further ado, Samuel
0:46.4	Katz.
0:47.4	Hey, thank you so much for taking the time to do this today, I sincerely...
0:54.8	Well, I have, as you can, I don't have all your books, because how many of you have
1:01.8	written now?
1:02.8	I have no idea.
1:03.8	Yeah, it's a lot. This isn't even half, I don't think. But this is quite a few, as those
1:11.2	Washington can see, but what's the general ballpark? What do you think? Not counting journal,
1:17.0	I mean, he can't journal articles, and that sort of thing, there's no way probably to track.
1:20.8	Many books and hundreds of articles.
1:23.8	Geez, amazing, amazing.
1:27.8	And obviously, there's some October 7th. You've been studying the region, Israel, in particular,
1:35.8	terrorism, for most of your little life. I wanted to get your perspective on a few things.
1:45.4	First, where are you right now, and where were you on October 7th when you started getting
1:49.6	that news?
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