Brig. Gen. (res.) Erez David Maisel joins Andrew to provide a crash-course in Israeli Intelligence history. Erez formerly served as Brigadier General and Director of the Israel Defense Forces International Cooperation Unit. Currently, he is an associate researcher in the Military History Department of the IDF, focusing on Cross-Boundary Defense and Public Crisis Engagement in conflict zones.

Erez is an alumni of the University of Haifa, which sits atop the northeastern slope of Israel’s Mount Caramel mountain rage. On the western side of the range, you can find the The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that documents over 500,000 years of the history human evolution.

This episode is the first in our 5-part SpyCast series on Israeli Intelligence. In this month-long series, SpyCast takes a deep dive into the ins and outs of intelligence and espionage in Israel – its intricate history, agencies, major successes and failures, and current state.

The events unfolding this week are tragic and historic in their timing - coming almost 50 years to the day after the Yom Kippur War. The Spy Museum has an educational mission and we work hard to provide historic context and understanding for what happens in the world.

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HOST - Dr. Andrew Hammond, Ph.D. is Historian & Curator at the International Spy Museum, home of the world's preeminent collection of intelligence-related artifacts. Previous chapters have included seven years in the RAF, Public Humanities at the 9/11 Museum in NYC, Fellowships here, there, and everywhere, and academia. He is author of the forthcoming book: "Struggles for Freedom": Afghanistan & US Foreign Policy Since 1979. He loves bialys.
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