Uzi Arad
The Strategist
The long view, patient, analytical, playing several moves ahead.
Uzi Arad is a former head of Mossad who provides insights into Israeli security and political dynamics. This interview reveals his strategic thinking and ability to navigate complex geopolitical landscapes while emphasizing the importance of understanding different perspectives.
“Barbarism that they exhibited which of course went to length of committing atrocities which do not shock us because of the extent of barbarism in them, but because it reflected hatred, it reflected the degree we are not very much liked in that neighborhood. So it's dramatic.”
“We forgot lessons learned if ever there were ever lessons learned, we forgot them. We had serious deficiencies in some critical part of the process primarily between the intelligence and the policy makers. Remember in the first few hours our Prime Minister was completely isolated on his seaside town, not knowing what's happening.”
“That is not a pipe dream. Now one should work toward that possibility. I think that the Israeli government would go for it. Yes, we have some extreme fringe in Israel, which is always less than ten percent, which have either Messianic ideas that they believe that they are not really influenced by realities, and they would like to annex, b…”
“As you know, this is a very fluid time, and there is certainly room and need for action by leaders and by people capable of effecting action. And there are many, many possibilities, and they're all extremely complicated because of the microeconomic or the micro-political difficulties that each one has in terms of practicality.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 118. Ex-Head of Mossad: Hamas, Ceasefire, and Netanyahu (Uzi Arad)
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