How Israel Fights: Inside the Mossad with Zohar Palti | Peter Robinson | Hoover Institution
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How Israel fights and why? The former head of the Intelligence Directorate in the Mossad, Zohar Palti, on Uncommon Knowledge now. Welcome to Uncommon Knowledge. I'm Peter Robinson. Zohar Palti spent nearly four decades in Israeli national security, first in the Intelligence Corps of the Israeli Defense Forces, then in the Mossad, where he became head of the Intelligence Directorate, and then in the Ministry of Defense, where he served as director of the Policy and Political Military Bureau.
Mr. Palti holds a BA and MA from Tel Aviv University. When Mr. Palti retired from the Israeli Ministry of Defense in 2022, our own Department of Defense awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Zohar, thank you for joining us.
Thank you for having me. Zohar, you left Israel just a day or two before the current conflict began, is that correct? All right. A couple of very brief opening questions. One to give us a feel for life in Israel right now, the second, the world.
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