Dan analyzes the revelation, in a documentary on Israeli TV's Kan-11, that presented a lot of retired military and intelligence chiefs who feel Prime Minister Netanyahu was stop-and-go when it came to confronting Iran.  They suggested he did not agree to full funding of Mossad and IDF projects to penetrate Iran and prepare for war -- with war seen as likely, at some point, to stop Iran's nuclear program.It is true, of course, that Netanyahu ordered the airstrikes on Iran -- powered by undercover Mossad teams in that country -- this past June. And he persuaded Donald Trump to send B-2 bombers to drop huge bunker-buster bombs on nuclear facilities.Dan then turns to Samuel M. Katz -- author of more than a dozen books about Israeli special forces, military units, and now "The Architect of Espionage."  It is a biography of the late Meir Dagan, the director of the Mossad from 2002 to 2011. He was an action man in every way: no use collecting intelligence, he believed, if you didn't use it to sabotage your enemy!Katz's book also includes a lot of stories of Israeli history since 1950, when Dagan arrived in Israel as a 5-year-old from Ukraine.  Dan and Sam talk for about 25 minutes.  (Happy Thanksgiving!)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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