03 — THE A–Z
2 entries in the public-record encyclopedia starting with Z.
Prewar contacts between Mossad director Zvi Zamir and Jordan’s King Hussein form part of the public record surrounding warning and assessment before the 1973 war.
The episode shows why receiving a warning is different from interpreting it correctly and acting in time.
Zvi Zamir led Mossad during the War of Attrition, the Munich attack and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Archival records show his direct engagement with the prewar warning problem, including the meeting with Ashraf Marwan.
Links leadership, warning and archival evidence in one of the most studied episodes of the record.
