Jakov Katz wrote the book 'While Israel Slept', which was published in 2025.
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Bannon`s War RoomOct 7, 2026
Multiple independent sources (Wikipedia, Kirkus Reviews, Jerusalem Post excerpt, Jewish Insider, OverDrive, bookstore listings) confirm that 'While Israel Slept' was co-written by Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot and published by St. Martin's Press on September 2, 2025.
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… Okay, that's live as we did it later. We had Jakov Katz, the former editor, a managing editor of The Jerusalem Post, and a guy, and his colleague, Amir Bobot, who's a defense expert and a technology expert. And Katz is not just a political but also a defense expert, wrote the book While Israel Slept, and this came out in 2025. And in this very room, he was over here from Israel on a tour, and I think one of the few people that had him on, I had him on for an hour one time, and I think another time, because How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East and Also …
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Supports. Multiple sources list Yaakov Katz as co-author of 'While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East', with Amir Bohbot.[1][2][3][4]
Supports. Publication date is consistently given as September 2, 2025 by the publisher St. Martin's Press and multiple retailers and review sites.[5][6][7][8]
Context. Katz is described as a former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post and founder of MEAD, matching the post's description of him as a former managing editor and defense expert.[4]
Context. The claim omits co-author Amir Bohbot, a dropped detail that does not contradict the claim that Katz wrote the book.[2][3][9]
Sources
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- 1While Israel Slept - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 2WHILE ISRAEL SLEPT - Kirkus Reviewskirkusreviews.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle Eastallbookstores.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4‘I fear Israel will fall back in love with quiet’: Yaakov Katz warns against complacency after Gaza warjewishinsider.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5While Israel Slept by Yaakov Katz - Porchlight Book Companyporchlightbooks.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most ...amazon.ca · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7'While Israel Slept' excerpt by Yaakov Katz, Amir Bohbotjpost.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8eBook - While Israel Slept by Yaakov Katz - OverDriveoverdrive.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 9Book review | While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most ...israeldefense.co.il · not rated · cited for: context
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