THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv

This was not "business as usual" in Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the firing of the director of the domestic security agency Shin Bet, Ronen Bar, who then issued a stinging description of Netanyahu endangering "national security" for his political ambitions -- including no true desire for a deal to free hostages held by Hamas. Meantime, Netanyahu re-started the war in Gaza, ignoring a ceasefire deal from January. The Houthis in Yemen responded by firing a missile at Israel, just as President Trump ordered massive airstrikes on the Houthis. The Middle East is always volatile, but -- especially in Israel, and concerns for the health of its democracy -- this was a remarkable, memorable week.

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Dan's most recent book -- with Israeli espionage/defense expert Yossi Melman -- about the Mossad and Israel's other security agencies 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 ANOTHER BOOK: Dan Raviv is co-author of a new book -- with world-renowned 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 find what's important to you -- and figure out all the people around you, to give them a measure of Significance ... and then they typically will reflect some back at you. That's called a win-win. 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.