The The Jerusalem Post recently published a striking exit interview and profile of former Mossad director David Barnea, laying bare the Israeli intelligence agency's failed covert operations aimed at regime change in Iran.
Discussing the revelations on The Bulwark Podcast, journalist Michael Weiss argued that the profile thoroughly refutes any revisionist history regarding Israel's objectives. "Regime change was always the goal, and don't let the revisionists tell you otherwise," Weiss said, pointing directly to the newspaper's reporting on how the intelligence agency's ambitious regional strategy fell apart.
According to the details published by The Jerusalem Post, the plan involved arming Kurdish groups to spark an internal rebellion. Instead, as Weiss explained, "the Kurds in Iran hoarded the, the weapons and the Starlink terminals" rather than launching the expected insurgency against the IRGC.
As analysts digest these disclosures, the reporting leaves Mossad's regional strategy looking highly compromised. The focus now shifts to how the Israeli security establishment will adapt its intelligence operations in the region after such public and embarrassing miscalculations.