Dan Raviv
@danraviv.bsky.social
Podcasts: The Mossad Files & The Quest for Significance. Ex-CBS News. Books written include “Every Spy a Prince“, “Comic Wars“ (on the Marvel bankruptcy and renaissance), the Mossad history “Spies Against Armageddon“, and more. Based in DC.
#Iran's foreign minister sounds hopeful after his latest talks with #Witkoff #Kushner -- but I still see Trump may order strikes against specific targets. Pledged to help the protesters! Hear more in my discussion with ex-State Dept official @joelmrubin.bsky.social : apple.co/3SDPaQX
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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February 17, 2026 at 8:42 PM
#Iran's foreign minister sounds hopeful after his latest talks with #Witkoff #Kushner -- but I still see Trump may order strikes against specific targets. Pledged to help the protesters! Hear more in my discussion with ex-State Dept official @joelmrubin.bsky.social : apple.co/3SDPaQX
Yes, yes, Team USA (I mean Witkoff and Jared Kushner) agree to talk with #Iran on Tuesday in Geneva. But does anybody expect success, for a military strike to be averted? Find/hear The #Mossad Files podcast. And consider my skepticism, guesting on @i24news.bsky.social : youtu.be/fwUem_3981c
Iran-U.S. Talks Resume, Do They Have a Chance? Dan Raviv on i24News
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February 16, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Yes, yes, Team USA (I mean Witkoff and Jared Kushner) agree to talk with #Iran on Tuesday in Geneva. But does anybody expect success, for a military strike to be averted? Find/hear The #Mossad Files podcast. And consider my skepticism, guesting on @i24news.bsky.social : youtu.be/fwUem_3981c
Trump and #Netanyahu seemed to disagree -- on #Iran and probably on #Gaza -- or was that a ploy to mask a plan to strike #Iran? I discuss with analyst and ex-State Dept official @joelmrubin.bsky.social on The #Mossad Files podcast. Hear on all pod platforms incl. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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February 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Trump and #Netanyahu seemed to disagree -- on #Iran and probably on #Gaza -- or was that a ploy to mask a plan to strike #Iran? I discuss with analyst and ex-State Dept official @joelmrubin.bsky.social on The #Mossad Files podcast. Hear on all pod platforms incl. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Any chance the 2 men reached hidden agreements -- like just before the 12-day war last June? Bottom line: #Netanyahu wanted to get in his opinion re #Iran. I suggested on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy before the meeting Trump is often swayed by the last voice he hears : www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Trump and Netanyahu set to discuss Iran relations at the White House
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Wednesday at the White House to discuss Iran. Dan Raviv, host of "The Mossad Files," joins with more on what to expect.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Any chance the 2 men reached hidden agreements -- like just before the 12-day war last June? Bottom line: #Netanyahu wanted to get in his opinion re #Iran. I suggested on @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy before the meeting Trump is often swayed by the last voice he hears : www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Trump's buddy and negotiator Steve Witkoff -- and Trump son-in-law -- are trying to resolve Ukraine, #Iran talks, #Gaza future. On my audio podcast this week, expert Gidi Grinstein joins me in a deep dive on the Gaza aspirations: What could go right? And what probably will not: apple.co/3SDPaQX
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February 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Trump's buddy and negotiator Steve Witkoff -- and Trump son-in-law -- are trying to resolve Ukraine, #Iran talks, #Gaza future. On my audio podcast this week, expert Gidi Grinstein joins me in a deep dive on the Gaza aspirations: What could go right? And what probably will not: apple.co/3SDPaQX
Being host of The #Mossad Files and an author of spy histories, my review of these books by Samuel M Katz and ex-spy chief (w- political ambitions) Yossi Cohen is positive: momentmag.com/israel-espio...
Book Review | Israel’s Spies Spill Their Secrets
When a director of an Israeli spy agency retires, there is a burst of interest in what they will reveal about secret operations—and what they’ve really thought about Israeli leaders.
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February 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Being host of The #Mossad Files and an author of spy histories, my review of these books by Samuel M Katz and ex-spy chief (w- political ambitions) Yossi Cohen is positive: momentmag.com/israel-espio...
#Iran talks are important, and I wonder if Trump will order airstrikes to heighten pressure. But keep your eye on #Gaza — war could re-erupt, or good progress #Israel didn’t plan? I discuss with Gidi Grinstein on The #Mossad Files audio podcast: apple.co/3SDPaQX
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
#Iran talks are important, and I wonder if Trump will order airstrikes to heighten pressure. But keep your eye on #Gaza — war could re-erupt, or good progress #Israel didn’t plan? I discuss with Gidi Grinstein on The #Mossad Files audio podcast: apple.co/3SDPaQX
As we wait for what's next between USA and Iran -- a discussion of what could go right in #Gaza, and #Israel not driving that. My guest: the wise New York-based Gidi Grinstein who sees a lot of positives in the Trump 20-point peace plan for Gaza. On all audio pod platforms incl. apple.co/3SDPaQX.
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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February 6, 2026 at 4:36 AM
As we wait for what's next between USA and Iran -- a discussion of what could go right in #Gaza, and #Israel not driving that. My guest: the wise New York-based Gidi Grinstein who sees a lot of positives in the Trump 20-point peace plan for Gaza. On all audio pod platforms incl. apple.co/3SDPaQX.
The #Mossad Files podcast: The last #hostage has been buried in #Israel -- high emotions, and huge question marks on #Gaza and #Iran. Hear Kobi Michael and Ory Slonim on hostages, the Trump plan, and perhaps a Gaza/Iran "deal" with #Netanyahu? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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January 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The #Mossad Files podcast: The last #hostage has been buried in #Israel -- high emotions, and huge question marks on #Gaza and #Iran. Hear Kobi Michael and Ory Slonim on hostages, the Trump plan, and perhaps a Gaza/Iran "deal" with #Netanyahu? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
You may hear #Israeli TV's excellent "Uvda" interviewed one of the #Mossad spies who struck targets in #Iran last June. An Iranian! Yossi Melman and I have written an inexpensive e-book telling the story. TARGET: IRAN www.amazon.com/TARGET-Mossa...
TARGET: IRAN: How the Mossad Penetrated Iran to Smash the Nuclear Threat (Mossad History)
TARGET: IRAN: How the Mossad Penetrated Iran to Smash the Nuclear Threat (Mossad History) - Kindle edition by Melman, Yossi, Raviv, Dan, Books, Levant. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading TARGET: IRAN: How the Mossad Penetrated Iran to Smash the Nuclear Threat (Mossad History).
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January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
You may hear #Israeli TV's excellent "Uvda" interviewed one of the #Mossad spies who struck targets in #Iran last June. An Iranian! Yossi Melman and I have written an inexpensive e-book telling the story. TARGET: IRAN www.amazon.com/TARGET-Mossa...
Prof. Kobi Michael, a top strategy analyst in #Israel, sees a #Trump-#Netanyahu deal he calls "Gaza for Iran". USA to try regime change in #Iran, Israel makes concessions in #Gaza. Watch a video extra from The #Mossad Files with Dan Raviv podcast: youtu.be/H-jSftpOAx4
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January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Prof. Kobi Michael, a top strategy analyst in #Israel, sees a #Trump-#Netanyahu deal he calls "Gaza for Iran". USA to try regime change in #Iran, Israel makes concessions in #Gaza. Watch a video extra from The #Mossad Files with Dan Raviv podcast: youtu.be/H-jSftpOAx4
Ory Slonim describes the relief in #Israel, when the last #hostage was found in #Gaza -- and brought home for a respectful burial. Slonim, a top lawyer in Tel Aviv, is author of A KNOCK AT THE DOOR -- a memoir of his decades as a secret negotiator. Video: youtu.be/J5afjQSLTGc
Secret Israeli Negotiator Ory Slonim -- A Relief that Last Hostage was Found
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January 29, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Ory Slonim describes the relief in #Israel, when the last #hostage was found in #Gaza -- and brought home for a respectful burial. Slonim, a top lawyer in Tel Aviv, is author of A KNOCK AT THE DOOR -- a memoir of his decades as a secret negotiator. Video: youtu.be/J5afjQSLTGc
A real live #Mossad veteran looks at #Iran unrest (may be too late for U.S. to take effective action) and #Gaza plans (Trump plans likely to fail): hear Oded Ailam (former head of counter-terrorism) ... also author/foreign correspondent Jason Burke ...on The Mossad Files podcast: apple.co/3SDPaQX
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
A real live #Mossad veteran looks at #Iran unrest (may be too late for U.S. to take effective action) and #Gaza plans (Trump plans likely to fail): hear Oded Ailam (former head of counter-terrorism) ... also author/foreign correspondent Jason Burke ...on The Mossad Files podcast: apple.co/3SDPaQX
Is the #Gaza war over? It is "frozen." Jason Burke, covering global security for @theguardian.com (and author of new history of 1970s terrorism "The Revolutionists") tells me #Israel + #Hamas are both satisfied with this stalemate! And Trump plan unlikely to bring rapid change: youtu.be/_tahP6_3knU
Mossad Files video special: Jason Burke -- Gaza War Frozen, Not Over
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January 22, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Is the #Gaza war over? It is "frozen." Jason Burke, covering global security for @theguardian.com (and author of new history of 1970s terrorism "The Revolutionists") tells me #Israel + #Hamas are both satisfied with this stalemate! And Trump plan unlikely to bring rapid change: youtu.be/_tahP6_3knU
#Trump just did a #TACO again. And, seeing stocks rising rapidly on his backaway from #Greenland-linked #tariffs, Wall Street has the #TACOtrade ... like last April (the initial tariffs shock).
January 21, 2026 at 7:38 PM
#Trump just did a #TACO again. And, seeing stocks rising rapidly on his backaway from #Greenland-linked #tariffs, Wall Street has the #TACOtrade ... like last April (the initial tariffs shock).
Among lies+exaggerations in #Trump’s #Davos speech, he claimed that the #IronDome defense system was American technology and that Israel falsely takes credit for it. Ridiculous. I salute engineers/physicists at #Israel’s Rafael as the inventors in my exclusive article: momentmag.com/inside-the-i...
Inside the Iron Dome
Chanoch Levin spearheaded the development of Israel’s famed defensive shield against short-range rockets. For the first time, he shares some of the previously undisclosed details of how a concept more...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Among lies+exaggerations in #Trump’s #Davos speech, he claimed that the #IronDome defense system was American technology and that Israel falsely takes credit for it. Ridiculous. I salute engineers/physicists at #Israel’s Rafael as the inventors in my exclusive article: momentmag.com/inside-the-i...
Connected with the book I was honored to write with top social psychologist Prof. Arie W. Kruglanski we have 7 The Quest for Significance Video Podcasts featuring people who totally live their need for meaning, dignity, and respect: mediator, activist, author, etc.: www.youtube.com/@QuestforSig...
Quest for Significance
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January 19, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Connected with the book I was honored to write with top social psychologist Prof. Arie W. Kruglanski we have 7 The Quest for Significance Video Podcasts featuring people who totally live their need for meaning, dignity, and respect: mediator, activist, author, etc.: www.youtube.com/@QuestforSig...
#Israel's #Mossad has made a big push into using hi-tech combined with "humint" (human intelligence gathering) - and now on combat's front lines. An #IDF secret soldier (demanding anonymity) lifts the veil - hear in my audio podcast, The Mossad Files: apple.co/3SDPaQX
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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January 18, 2026 at 6:12 PM
#Israel's #Mossad has made a big push into using hi-tech combined with "humint" (human intelligence gathering) - and now on combat's front lines. An #IDF secret soldier (demanding anonymity) lifts the veil - hear in my audio podcast, The Mossad Files: apple.co/3SDPaQX
#Israel uses its high-tech innovations for defense (and offense) - and on The #Mossad Files, hear an anonymous secret #IDF soldier, on the "intelligence equipment" brought to the combat front. For instance, to locate #hostages. (Also on the podcast: #Iran-Israel future friends?) apple.co/3SDPaQX
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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January 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
#Israel uses its high-tech innovations for defense (and offense) - and on The #Mossad Files, hear an anonymous secret #IDF soldier, on the "intelligence equipment" brought to the combat front. For instance, to locate #hostages. (Also on the podcast: #Iran-Israel future friends?) apple.co/3SDPaQX
We are calling him “Tal” — an #Israeli secret soldier explaining intelligence-technology that’s taken into combat — including to hunt for #hostages in #Gaza. On The #Mossad Files podcast: apple.co/3SDPaQX
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January 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
We are calling him “Tal” — an #Israeli secret soldier explaining intelligence-technology that’s taken into combat — including to hunt for #hostages in #Gaza. On The #Mossad Files podcast: apple.co/3SDPaQX
Let's talk about Bibi. Benjamin (Bibi) #Netanyahu. You will hear him plead for a pardon (for the public good, ho-ho), then what Rabbi Shmuley Boteach wrote in full support, then law professor Yaniv Roznai blasting Bibi. A debate. On The #Mossad Files podcast: apple.co/3SDPaQX
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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January 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Let's talk about Bibi. Benjamin (Bibi) #Netanyahu. You will hear him plead for a pardon (for the public good, ho-ho), then what Rabbi Shmuley Boteach wrote in full support, then law professor Yaniv Roznai blasting Bibi. A debate. On The #Mossad Files podcast: apple.co/3SDPaQX
On The #Mossad Files podcast, a debate: Is #Netanyahu an asset or liability? From security and other viewpoints. @rabbishmuley.bsky.social Boteach's admiration for Bibi vs. Law Professor @yanivroznai.bsky.social. Hear the good and the bad: apple.co/3SDPaQX
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January 8, 2026 at 5:22 AM
On The #Mossad Files podcast, a debate: Is #Netanyahu an asset or liability? From security and other viewpoints. @rabbishmuley.bsky.social Boteach's admiration for Bibi vs. Law Professor @yanivroznai.bsky.social. Hear the good and the bad: apple.co/3SDPaQX
A powerful motivation in our lives -- The Quest for Significance: the title of book I wrote with esteemed social psychologist Prof. Arie Kruglanski. Our video podcasts incl. guest Dan Rothstein, co-founder of @rightquestioninst.bsky.social, works to build democracy. open.spotify.com/episode/15Kz...
#3 Find Significance by Asking the Right Questions -- Dan Rothstein and Building Democracy
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January 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM
A powerful motivation in our lives -- The Quest for Significance: the title of book I wrote with esteemed social psychologist Prof. Arie Kruglanski. Our video podcasts incl. guest Dan Rothstein, co-founder of @rightquestioninst.bsky.social, works to build democracy. open.spotify.com/episode/15Kz...
Sure, socially all great between Trump, #Netanyahu, their wives (fireworks at Mar-a-Lago party for NYE) -- but #Turkey and #Gaza are unresolved "files." #Israel's former amb. @michaelherzog.bsky.social tells me on The #Mossad Files how these summits work. Insights galore! apple.co/3SDPaQX
THE MOSSAD FILES with Dan Raviv
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January 1, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Sure, socially all great between Trump, #Netanyahu, their wives (fireworks at Mar-a-Lago party for NYE) -- but #Turkey and #Gaza are unresolved "files." #Israel's former amb. @michaelherzog.bsky.social tells me on The #Mossad Files how these summits work. Insights galore! apple.co/3SDPaQX
A unique way of looking at Aaron David Miller's work as a #Mideast mediator and author of book on Presidents -- why America doesn't want great ones: psychological aspects with my co-author of The Quest for Significance, Prof. Arie W. Kruglanski -- our video podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/25Mf...
#1 Aaron David Miller -- No Great Presidents? Also, on Mideast Mediation Career and Everybody Needs Significance
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December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A unique way of looking at Aaron David Miller's work as a #Mideast mediator and author of book on Presidents -- why America doesn't want great ones: psychological aspects with my co-author of The Quest for Significance, Prof. Arie W. Kruglanski -- our video podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/25Mf...