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I am glad you wrote that Jeff. Your analysis filled a curious vacuum in American News media on the actual realities in Israel, especially the attitudes of the Intelligence and Military sides of Israel's "quagmire." Remember that word?

I hope for Israel's and the Palestinian people's sake that Netanyahu's demise is not far away.

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Thanks much, Donald. I appreciate that. There is so much more about the intelligence sphere of the Israeli campaign in Gaza that has gone under- or un-reported. We're working on it.

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The same is vacuum exists here in the UK too.

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Allow me to sincerely associate myself with Spytalk’s well reasoned editorial. It is a moral as well as political stand. Decisions like this one require guts as well as wisdom.

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Thanks much, my friend.

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Well said, just like an Army case officer should. I only hope Biden Administration officials read and take to heart your message.

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Thanks much, Carl. Biden & co are on tenterhooks with Netanyahu--and I don’t envy them. There’s no guarantee that a replacement would be any better than Bibi—and possibly even worse—but the path toward peace can only begin with his removal from the scene.

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Great article, good background on the "I know more than the Professionals" (than the boots on the ground) denigration of Intelligence Services, seems to be a common failing of want-to-be despots.

That, and yet another criminal exploiting the Right Wing minority and promoting violence to stay in office and out of jail.

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Jan 27Liked by Jeff Stein

From a former CIA case officer to a former Army case officer: Excellent reporting. That's the kind of article we used to get in the US media, but not very often these days. Makes Spy Talk more than worth the price of a subscription.

Larry Brown

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Thanks, Larry. Very kind of you. Credit for the in-depth Israel reporting part of the piece goes to SpyTalk Contributing Editor Jonathan Broder.

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You are welcome Jeff, I look forward to your future posts, it is critical for people to be made aware in detail of the reality.

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Stellar reporting.

If even Ben-Gurion had to go into coalition with parties on the religious right, can Israel avoid the same fate in the next election? Is there a viable alternative coalition?

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