This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, the most traumatic and memorable event in Israeli history. The war is known as one of Israel’s most notable intelligences failures and is remembered as a major turning point in the trajectory of Israeli intelligence. This week on SpyCast, Andrew was joined by Uri Bar-Joseph, author of what some consider to be the authoritative account on the Yom Kippur intelligence failure, The Watchmen Fell Asleep. Uri is a professor emeritus at Haifa University, veteran of the Yom Kippur War, and also wrote the book that inspired Netflix’s 2018 film “The Angel,” based on the true story of Egyptian spy Ashraf Marwan.
This episode is third in our 5-part series on Israeli Intelligence. Please note that these episodes were recorded prior to the tragic events that have unfolded in Israel since October 7th, 2023. We encourage listeners to begin the series with a crash course in Israeli intelligence with Erez David Maisel, then check out last week’s episode with Uzi Arad, former National Security Advisor to Benjamin Netanyahu. Stay tuned during the rest of October for more episodes and opportunities to learn more.
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