Who were the Mossad’s Arab Spies? | Unpacked

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Published 2024-06-26
As described in Matti Friedman’s "Spies of No Country,”iIn the fight for a Jewish homeland, Israel’s first spies gathered essential intelligence, laying the groundwork for the Mossad.

Among them were Gamliel Cohen and Isaac Shoshan, who showed relentless bravery, infiltrating enemy lines and blending into the Arab world in daring efforts that were crucial for Israel’s survival.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:57 Between Resolution 181 and Israeli Declaration of Independence
02:18 Pre-Mossad Israeli spies Gamliel Cohen and Isaac Shoshan
03:21 The Palmach and learning to be Arabs
04:39 The Arab Section and Mistaravim
05:26 The Tiger in Haifa
06:36 Arab suspicions and Jewish persistence
07:28 Gamliel Cohen in Beirut, Lebanon
08:57 Exploding Hitler's yacht
10:24 The Arab Section's success

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Executive Producer:
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Co-Executive Producer:
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All Comments (21)
  • @Tzfatsky
    The Sephardim are excellent working behind the scenes and the Ashkenazim as upfront leaderships, together they’re a very strong team of players. It’s the power of Jewish diversity.
  • @Tshipa
    People often miss a very important point, most of Israeli jews are indistinguishable from Arabs save for their clothing. And since many middle easten jews spoke arabic quite well, posing as Arabs was quite simple
  • @pyrogeeknews
    Lebanese people aren’t really Arab, btw. Though they speak Arabic, they are actually descended from the Phoenicians.
  • @RR-ep4qy
    You showed a picture of the wrong Mosque in Haifa. The one with the minarets is a peaceful community. The one you referred to is the Istiqlal mosque in downtown.
  • The book this is based on "Spies of no country" is pretty good.
  • I have watched many Unpacked videos but few have brought me to tears like this video!! No matter what, I stand by Mossad, The IDF, and Israel! Because, I am a Jew ✡️ and a proud Zoinist!! AM YISRAEL CHAI 🇮🇱 P.S Have you seen the videos from the Pogrom that happened in Los Angeles on Sunday June 23, 2024?! And the bombing of a Synagogue in Russia?!
  • Its really GREAT, that there are no double agents in Israel intelligence
  • Tom Cruise using a diskette on a clandestine mission was priceless. 😂😂😂😂😂 0:28
  • Bloody clever people. Well done. My best wishes too the Israelis . Oh yes, beautiful women. Not too mention the food!!! Lovely country.
  • @MVTX
    what movie is that from in the thumbnail?
  • @Josh_Sklar
    Never was a country called 'palestine' in history
  • @angelinelim8657
    The first 2 great spies of Israel are not afraid of giants in the land promised to them. In fact one of them was already 85 years but still conquering. Joshua 14;6-14
  • @boryag7831
    thank you for the good quality content guys !
  • @M60Tanker
    Awesome video! Hopefully you can discuss the famous Mossad Agent Eli Cohen in a future video.
  • I love what you’re doing. Spreading the love and the history
  • @uncleambient
    Superb video and a brilliant channel. Thank you 🙏🏻
  • @hulkhogan5605
    Con/deception artists par excellence , and this has been your forte over long centuries. But like everything else this has reached it’s denouement point