“The Intelligence Legacy of the Yom Kippur War” – with Uri Bar-Joseph

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🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary Uri Bar-Joseph (LinkedIn) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss the intelligence failure of the Yom Kippur War. Uri is an author and professor emeritus at Haifa University. What You’ll Learn Intelligence How Israel failed to predict the Yom Kippur War Egyptian spy Ashraf Marwan’s role in the War How Israeli intelligence evolved post-War Israeli leadership’s accountability for the failure Reflections Learning and adapting from mistakes Catastrophe and national trauma And much, much more … Resources SURFACE SKIM *SpyCasts* Israeli Military Intelligence with IDF Brig. General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser (2023) POW’s, Vietnam and Intelligence with Pritzker Curator James Brundage (2022) The CIA and the 9/11 Commission Report – A Conversation with Alexis Albion (2021) Pearl Harbor at 75: An Interview with Steve Twomey (2016) *Beginner Resources* Yom Kippur, Encyclopedia Brittanica (2023) [Short Article] Intelligence Failure: What, When, Why and How, A. Clark, Grey Dynamics (2023) [Article] Yom Kippur War, Pritzker Military Museum and Library, YouTube (2022) [3 min. video] DEEPER DIVE Books Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East, U. Kaufman (St. Martin Press, 2023) THE ANGEL: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel, U. Bar-Joseph (Harper Publishing, 2017) The Watchmen Fell Asleep: The Surprise of Yom Kippur and Its Sources, U. Bar-Joseph (State University of New York Press, 2005) The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East, A. Rabinovich (Shocken, 2004) Primary Sources Agranat Commission of Inquiry Interim Report, Center for Israeli Education (1974) Israel-Egypt Separation of Forces Agreement, Center for Israeli Education (1974) Intelligence Memorandum: The Israeli Primary Elections (1973) United Nations Resolution 338 (1973) Response to U.S. Appeal for a Ceasefire (1973) Transcript of Secret Talks between Egyptian National Security Adviser Hafez Ismail and US National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, Center for Israeli Education, Center for Israeli Education (1973) Commemoration of IDF Casualties and Congratulations on Victory in Battle (1967)

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0:00.0	You're listening to The CyberWire Network, powered by N2K.
0:07.0	Here's a quick note to contextualize the month-long 5-week special on Israeli intelligence.
0:16.0	This spike as special has, by some, quirky fit coincided with the tragic and historic events
0:21.6	that are playing out in the region.
0:23.6	I am, of course, referring to what has now been called the 2023 Israel Hamas War.
0:29.6	I just wanted to know that this special has been six months in the planning,
0:34.6	and the first episode which provides historical context for the succeeding episodes
0:38.6	was released five days before Hamas attacked Israel.
0:43.6	Nevertheless, the timing is very uncanny, and the same week as Hamas terrorists
0:49.6	broke through the Gaza-Israel barrier, the first episode had already aired.
0:54.6	Four days after the attack, we had on Aussie Erad, who worked alongside
0:59.6	the current Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu for 15 years,
1:05.6	as his foreign policy advisor and later National Security Advisor.
1:09.6	Aussie spoke about intelligence and policy at the very highest level,
1:14.6	which is undoubtedly what is happening as I speak on October 11, 2023.
1:20.6	And then in the third installment, we have on Professor Urebar Joseph,
1:25.6	who wrote what many consider debout on the 1973 Yom Kippur War,
1:30.6	to talk about intelligence failure and the legacy of that conflict,
1:34.6	which many compare to what is now happening almost 50 years to the day
1:39.6	after Israel was caught by a surprise attack on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
1:45.6	In the fourth week, we examine Israel's special operations unit, Syret Makal,
1:50.6	who conducts top secret intelligence missions on how excel in hostage extraction
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