126. The Arab Section: Israel's First Spies with Matti Friedman

Justin's guest this week is Matti Friedman. Matti has worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, and elsewhere. He's also the author of four nonfiction books covering subjects related to the formation of Israel and the conflicts that followed the birth of that nation. Today Matti tells the story of four men who worked undercover as part of the Arab Section, a tiny group of Jewish spies who operated with no support, no funding, and facing almost impossible odds during the tumultuous months in 1948 when Israel declared independence and faced the combined armies of the Arab nations surrounding it.

Connect with Matti: Twitter: @MattiFriedman Check out Matti's book, Spies of No Country, here.

https://www.amazon.com/Spies-No-Country-Secret-Israel/dp/1616207221

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Lydbog: 18. december 2023