THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv

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  Advance Warning to Netanyahu? Plus Historian Schulman in Tel Aviv Chats with Dan 12.09.2026 29min

  Dan offers a review, with comments, of the news report that says Prime Minister Netanyahu had prior warning of a major Hamas attack -- before October 7, 2023 -- and did nothing about it. Netanyahu calls it "fake news." The United Arab Emirates neither confirms nor denies... Dan then interviews Marc Schulman -- founder of HistoryCentral.com -- who has written a new book: "Between Hope & Fear: Israel From Oslo to October 7." There was a lot of optimism about peace with the Palestinians at t...
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  Top Israeli Intel Expert on Iran: Main Goals Not Achieved, Trump 'Held Us Back' 04.09.2026 29min

  Dan reviews some espionage-related angles in the latest Middle East news -- and then turns to Danny Citrinowicz, a 25-year veteran of the Israeli military's intelligence directorate (Aman) where he was head of the Iran analysis team. The regime hasn't been toppled. The nuclear potential still exists. Iran's missiles can hit Israel. Trump held back Israel from pursuing its goals in Iran. Citrinowicz adds details, and offers his impression that the results of the October 27 election in Israel w...
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  Turkey's Anti-Israel Ambitions in Syria, Hope for Palestinian Change -- Jon Schanzer of FDD 29.08.2026 29min

  Dan highlights the highly produced video from U.S. Central Command, claiming the Strait of Hormuz has been opened for oil shipments from America's Arab allies -- despite Iran's claims. Then he discusses, with Jonathan Schanzer, Turkey's aggressive ambitions in the wide Middle East -- including the recent, surprising defense pact grouping Turkey with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Schanzer is executive director of the Washington-based think tank FDD (Foundation for the Defense of Democracies) and ...
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  Trump "Economic D-Day" on Iran, while Talking with Hamas -- Israel Stands Firm -- and the Turkey-Saudi-Pakistan Pact 21.08.2026 29min

  Dan starts by assessing President Trump's declaration of economic war against Iran -- rather than ordering massive airstrikes. For now. Then we turn to Gaza, almost a year since the deal that freed the surviving Israeli hostages and started a flawed ceasefire. Jared Kushner leading America's negotiations with Hamas, the terrorist rulers of a much-reduced section of the Gaza Strip -- That's something strongly rejected by Israeli strategic expert Kobi Michael. Professor Michael -- senior ...
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  "Tens of Thousands in Iran Spy for Israel" - Intel Analyst Says Regime Greatly Weakened 15.08.2026 29min

  On this 80th weekly episode of The Mossad Files with Dan Raviv, Beni Sabti -- a top expert on Iran's culture and politics, during years of service in the Israeli military intelligence agency Aman -- insists that Iran's Islamic regime has been greatly weakened this year. Sabti also says millions of Iranians would be happy to work for the Mossad, against their country's Islamic government. You'll also hear Yossi Cohen (Mossad director, 2016 to 2021) share the best method to recruit an Iranian o...
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  Upheaval in Mossad Firings, and in Netanyahu-Trump Relationship: Yossi Melman and Nathan Guttman 08.08.2026 29min

  The director of the Mossad, General Roman Gofman -- two months after taking over the spy agency -- has followed-up his firing of the deputy director with two new ousters: a man and a woman who were very senior in spying on Iran and interpreting all the data from there. Dan's longtime co-author (on 6 books), Yossi Melman, helps us interpret the firings within the Mossad. Dan's guest, Nathan Guttman, adds that it appears Prime Minister Netanyahu is recognizing the failure of the plan -- linked ...
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  Trump's Gaza "Deal," His Chat with Netanyahu, and Harlan Ullman on U.S. Mistakes 31.07.2026 29min

  In an action-packed audio half-hour, Dan analyzes Donald Trump's claim of a breakthrough on Gaza -- and we hear a Palestinian-American who claims to know Hamas well say that the group really is willing to disarm, to stop Israel's targeted assassinations! Also -- various angles on the Trump-Netanyahu summit at the White House, where the men didn't appear together, but perhaps they were plotting something big. We hear them, and also Israel's opposition leader Yair Lapid in Washington, saying th...
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  Top 10 Ways a Netanyahu Loss Could Change Israel's Policies and Image -- Nimrod Novik 25.07.2026 29min

  Longtime Israeli official and diplomat Nimrod Novik -- a senior advisor to the late prime minister Shimon Peres -- tells Dan he sees major changes ahead in Israel, if any combination of the five political party leaders running against Benjamin Netanyahu are successful. Israel's election will be held October 27. Novik believes steps would be taken toward creative diplomacy -- rather than the use of force to solve Israel's challenges. He explains a credible investigation of the failures o...
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  Mossad's Tactical Wins, but Does Israel Have an Iran Strategy? Does Trump? CIA Veteran Polymeropoulos 17.07.2026 29min

  Dan examines new information on the Mossad's efforts to recruit a hostile former Iranian president -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- as an agent for Israel. Mossad veterans have said they make the "impossible" possible. But really? A former head of research in the Mossad, Sima Shine, speaks about the Ahmadinejad caper -- a brief excerpt from The Telegraph's video podcast hosted by Roland Oliphant. Then Dan drills down mow deeply with a 29-year veteran of the CIA -- Marc Polymeropoulos: tr...
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  Trump and Iran: War of Words, War of Bombs, War of Cash -- Sanctions Can Bring Down the Regime? 10.07.2026 29min

  After President Trump chose to return to war against Iran -- although not completely forcefully -- Iran's oil sales were again banned by U.S. sanctions. Can harsh sanctions bring down the radical regime in Tehran? When the Memorandum of Understanding that Trump's negotiators created with Iran permitted oil sales for 60 days -- and pronounced a ceasefire that hasn't totally held -- how many billions of dollars would that have given to Iran? Dan speaks with Max Meizlish about that. He's a resea...
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  Crisis in Israel-U.S. Relations, as Trump Woos Iran: Yossi Melman, Michael Oren, Mike Singh... 05.07.2026 29min

  Dan's joined by his co-author on six books about Israel -- journalist and filmmaker Yossi Melman -- who's been writing about a serious rift in relations between Israel and the United States. The reason? Donald Trump is wooing Iran. Also heard in this episode of The Mossad Files: former Israeli ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren; and former U.S. officials on a Carnegie Connects online discussion -- Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Mike Singh...
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  Democratic Party and Israel: Crisis for Public Diplomacy, Plus the Lebanon Deal 27.06.2026 29min

  Dan's guest is Joel Rubin, author of "Saving Democratic Foreign Policy: How Democrats Can Earn the American People's Trust to Lead the World Once Again." Rubin was a State Department official in the Obama Administration and has a Substack, "The Briefing Book." He argues that Israel could be doing a much better job of explaining its policy goals -- its vision of how the Middle East could be better -- instead of simply defending the justice of making war on eight fronts since Oct. 7, 2023. We a...
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  Mossad Will Return to Covert War in Iran -- Yossi Melman, Plus Yaakov Katz on U.S. Military Aid Fadeout 20.06.2026 29min

  Dan examines the widely held belief that President Trump's deal with Iran -- the Memorandum of Understanding -- was bad for Israel, and therefore the country's spy agency, the Mossad, will surely go back to covert war inside Iran. This time, the Israelis expect to be alone. Clearly the U.S. and Israel did not achieve their goals in the war that they launched on February 28. Yossi Melman -- Dan Raviv's co-author on six Middle East books -- helps analyze what may happen next. ...