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Former Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz joins Noam Dworman and Dan Naturman to dissect the failures behind October 7, the moral and strategic crises of modern Israel, and the political culture that allowed catastrophe to take root. Based on his new book While Israel Slept, Katz lays out how a nation of elite intelligence, defense technology, and Iron Dome confidence was blindsided by its own assumptions.Buy Yaakov Katz’s book — While Israel Slept — on Amazon: http://bit.ly/4o3b7XEHe addresses:Whether Israeli journalism should expose government failures during wartimeThe growing rift between American and Israeli public opinionWhy Israel misread Hamas for decadesNetanyahu’s political survival and the myth that Israel “built up” HamasHow AI is used in IDF targeting and whether it saves or costs civilian livesThe accusations of an Israeli “stand-down” on October 7The uncomfortable moral math of urban warfare in GazaChapters:
