You'll hear Bill Clinton declare that if his friend, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, had not been assassinated in November 1995, Israel and the Palestinians would have made peace "and the whole world would be different."Then, to the world as it is: Yaakov Katz, Israeli strategic analyst and co-author of "While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East," joins Dan in dissecting an official -- if preliminary -- report by the Israel Defense Forces on the failures of October 7, 2023: the day of the massacres and mass kidnappings by Hamas.Pointing to the difficulty of persuading other nations to form an International Securty Force as peacekeepers in Gaza, Yaakov Katz says: "No one's going to fight Hamas on Israel's behalf. No one's going to disarm Hamas on Israel's behalf." The Trump plan, which at least freed all the hostages, does not mean "We have Middle East peace" -- despite the repeated claim by President Trump.Please comment on X at @danraviv. Also on BlueSky, Facebook, and LinkedIn. 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 new 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.

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