While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East 

ASMEA and SPME held the webinar "While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East" led by Mr. Yaakov Katz on June 4, 2025.

Yaakov Katz tells the gripping inside story of how Hamas succeeded in launching a surprise attack on one of the world’s most powerful militaries. Through a detailed examination of the events leading up to October 7, 2023, the book exposes the intelligence and strategic failures that enabled this devastating invasion.

Katz is an Israeli-American author and journalist and a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute in Jerusalem. Between 2016 and 2023, Yaakov was the editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post where he continues to write a popular weekly column.

Finally, Katz is the author of three books - Shadow Strike - Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power; Weapon Wizards - How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower; and, Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War.

ASMEA will sell While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East at the Annual Conference at a discounted rate.