Counterbalance | October 7 Was an Intelligence Failure for Israel and the US (feat. Ezra Cohen)

Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel was a clear intelligence failure, but for whom and in what ways? Counterbalance co-hosts Mike Doran and Peter Rough are joined by Hudson colleague Ezra Cohen, who, fresh off a trip to Israel, provides his view on what led to the failure of intelligence we now know as October 7. A former Pentagon official, Ezra also outlines how each US administration sets intelligence priorities for the entire intelligence community and how the Biden administration may have changed course from its predecessor’s priorities.

[@maxsmart99]

What bothers the US government most about Netanyahu is that he has right lunatics in his coalition government. If Bibi partnered with Benny Gantz in the future government there would be much less friction.

[@Paciorekkenneth]

Who is Ezra character

[@joyceperez5505]

YEP LAURA COOPER IS NOT A GOODEGG.

[@catznjam470]

So Ezra Cohen has crawled back out from whatever sewer he disappeared into back in 2017.. I see...

[@mirwanbaloch]

There are listeners

[@joyceperez5505]

PLEASE SHUT UP AND LET EZRA SPEAK....

[@OmarAhmed-jo1cf]

its not a skills problem its a perception problem , that they the israelis never looked at their opponents as equals capable of conducting complex operations . Similarly they don't look at them as equals in things like self determination , right of return , right to have a military etc.. Hamas knew that arrogance is exactly the blind spot of israel ,and fully utilized it .

[@le832]

Agree about underestimating Hamas, but disagree about not seeing “them” (P@lestinians? Or H@mas or both?) as equals. Israel sees H@mas as a terrorist organization. As for P@lestinians, Israel has always been open to the two state proposition since the 1930s. It was the Arabs that were against even the tiniest land for the Jews and therefore would never accept two states. The Arabs rejected the 1939 and 1947 partition plans (and all subsequent offers), while the Jews accepted their allotted territory and even asked Arabs who lived in Israeli territory to stay. The reason the Israelis more recently have become skeptical of two states is the constant attacks from Hamas and the violence in the name of resistance.

[@OmarAhmed-jo1cf]

@@le832 it may have started like that initially but as Israel expanded it started viewing those who lived on the territory it occupied as lesser than them and that they the Israelis are the chosen people , today even the left doesn’t approve of 1947 partition plan . Power has blinded Israel and created the ongoing insecurity . It’s more accurate to say that Hamas is a reactionary force , somewhere in between terrorism and resistance , which is no different than the Israeli settlers who also claim that it is all their land and use violence against civilians ,in fact the settlers can actually be called terrorists since they don’t also face any military force and usually are the starters of each new cycle of violence . In fact it was the Hebron massacre done by an Israeli settler in 1990 that prompted Hamas to switch from killing Israeli soldiers only to also killing civilians in vengeance attacks .

[@le832]

@@OmarAhmed-jo1cf My friend, I understand your bias toward P@lestinians and it is not that I do not have empathy for innocent civilians on all sides or those caught in a situation not of their own making. I also have criticism of leadership of both sides. However, with all due respect, your summary is inaccurate. Let me first say-at this point in time, there is blood on both sides-I hope that’s fair. But it’s high time P@lestinians too some responsibility. Before the 1947 Plan was the 1939 plan, which gave the Arabs 80% and Jews 20%. Arabs rejected that because they didn’t want Jews to have even 1%. The left is completely bias against Isr@el and how can they disapprove of that when even the Arabs talk about wanting the 1967 borders and that’s less land than 1947? The Arabs have been historically deeply antis@metic and their leaders had a relationship with H1tler. Even now, they applaud H1tler. So really who is looking down at who? You have that reversed. As for the 1990 Hebron incident, please do some research on what happened in Hebron in 1834 and 1929 - Ar@bs attacked Jews. Also do some research on the Arab riots of 1929, when Ar@bs attacked Jewish communities-that trend continued and the Jews retaliated and that pattern continues today. If Jewish settlers have or are attacking P@lestinians for reasons other than self-defense than that is absolutely wrong-I agree. However, to paint a picture as if P@lestinians are all peacefully leaving Isr@elis alone and for no reason being attacked is ignoring reality. There are plenty of unprovoked attacks on Israelis by radicalized P@lestinians. If you want to compare H@mas with IDF, that makes more sense-because H@mas is essentially the P@lestinian army. But equating militant far right settlers with H@mas is like comparing P@lestinian militant civilians with IDF. The only thing H@mas and radicalized P@lestinians are “resisting” is the concept of the state of Israel. They resisted that before any blood was shed on or by any side. That said there are SOME P@lestinians and Israelis who don’t want to fight and look toward the more positive future and not be imprisoned by the past-I am rooting for and supporting those people.

[@le832]

@@OmarAhmed-jo1cf 1939 plan proposed Ar@bs/Jews 80/20. Ar@bs rejected that because they didn’t want Jews to have even 1%. Hebr0n….please research 1834 and 1929; Ar@bs attacked Jew1sh communities. If Jew1sh settlers have or are attacking P@lestinians for reasons other than self-defense than that is absolutely wrong-I agree. But P@lestinians are not all angels either. If you want to compare H@mas with 1DF that makes more sense-they are essentially the P@lestinian army. But equating militant far right sett1lers with H@mas is like comparing P@lestinian militant civilians with 1DF. The only thing H@mas and radicalized P@lestinians are “resisting” is the concept of the state of Isr@el. They resisted that far before any blo0d was shed on or by any side.

[@le832]

1939 plan proposed Ar@bs/Jews 80/20. Ar@bs rejected that because they didn’t want Jews to have even 1%. Hebr0n….please research 1834 and 1929; Ar@bs attacked Jew1sh communities. If Jew1sh settlers have or are attacking P@lestinians for reasons other than self-defense than that is absolutely wrong-I agree. But P@lestinians are not all angels either. If you want to compare H@mas with 1DF that makes more sense-they are essentially the P@lestinian army. But equating militant far right sett1lers with H@mas is like comparing P@lestinian militant civilians with 1DF. The only thing H@mas and radicalized P@lestinians are “resisting” is the concept of the state of Isr@el. They resisted that far before any blo0d was shed on or by any side.