Middle East Shitshow - MESS
By Daniella Alpher
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Description
Yossi Alpher is a former Mossad operative and analyst, now in his eighties. His daughter Daniella is a Tel Aviv tech executive. In their bi-monthly podcast, Daniella interviews Yossi on Middle East issues of the day, with emphasis on the strategic dimension and the occasional anecdote from Yossi's Mossad days.
| Episode | Date |
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flydubai, October 7 and the Warnings Israel Ignored
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Oct 10, 2026 |
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Middle East Conflict 101: From the Romans to October 7, Nobody Comes Out of This Looking Good
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Sep 26, 2026 |
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Everyone Has a Base at Bab al-Mandeb
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Sep 13, 2026 |
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Not My Zionism
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Sixteen Tons of Concrete: What a Quiet August Actually Means
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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Every Front Is Quiet but One
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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The Iran Regime Change Fantasy
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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Hezbollah, Trump, and the Deal Israel Didn’t Get
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Jun 20, 2026 |
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Who Gets Left Out of the Conversation?
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Jun 06, 2026 |
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The Gofman Case: What Makes a Head of Mossad
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May 23, 2026 |
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Israel-Abu Dhabi: Iron Dome, lasers and IDF boots on the ground
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May 09, 2026 |
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Israel’s Strategic Dead Ends
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Mowing the Lawn, Not Winning the War
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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A Heart Attack, Missile Alerts, and the Iran War
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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The Illusion of a New Middle East
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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What Iran’s Strategy Gets Right and Wrong
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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From Dubai to Cyprus: how and why this war went regional
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Day one of the US-Israel war on Iran
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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Iran then and now: revolutionary uncertainty, assassinations and war
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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From intelligence to peacebuilding: what stabilization forces get wrong
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Feb 14, 2026 |
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Between Iran, Oman, Yemen and Somaliland
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Iran escalation scenarios, Gaza ceasefire fragility, and the Kurdish question in Syria
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Jan 31, 2026 |