The Yom Kippur War: A National Catastrophe

Unpacking Israeli History

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🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

After the victory of the Six-Day War in 1967, it seemed like Israel was invincible. Less than a decade later, the country was taken by surprise by the outbreak of war on Yom Kippur 1973. Noam Weissman explores why — despite warnings — Israel’s leadership seemed so unprepared, why America urged Israel not to attack first and why this national catastrophe ultimately led to a strengthening of relationships with both the U.S. and Egypt. ~~~~ The Unpacking Israeli History Podcast series is sponsored by Andrea and Larry Gill ~~~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked Teaching about this topic? Check out our relevant educator resources here: https://unpacked.education/video/the-yom-kippur-war-when-israel-almost-fell/ https://unpacked.education/video/the-yom-kippur-war-how-israel-turned-the-tide/ ~~~~ Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/yom-kippur-war https://mwi.usma.edu/timeless-lessons-october-1973-arab-israeli-war/ https://books.google.com/books?id=n_9gIR6Fi3UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Yom+Kippur&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjo2Mn7psPWAhWqhlQKHRX4C8kQ6AEIKDAA#v=snippet&q=We%E2%80%99ll%20have%20one%20hundred%20tanks%20against%20&f=false http://www.jewishagency.org/secret-service/content/25324 https://erenow.com/modern/israel-concise-history-nation-reborn/15.php https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24402464 https://www.google.com/url?q=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/151161087.pdf&sa=D&ust=1593682967472000&usg=AFQjCNEOS_bqDj5L9vZ_6wc1JdAAWuiH4g http://www.jewishagency.org/secret-service/content/25324 https://erenow.com/modern/israel-concise-history-nation-reborn/15.php https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/2018/09/the-yom-kippur-war-should-be-remembered-as-a-great-israeli-victory/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-yom-kippur-war-when-israels-arabs-didnt-rise-up/ ~~~~ Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Noam Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history,
0:04.0	the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense,
0:07.6	historically fascinating and confusing events in Israeli history.
0:12.0	All that in just about 20 minutes. Yala, let's do this.
0:15.8	I'm not a jing-bagh-gots.
0:19.2	All the time is a-vira-jibouti. The air is well. Allah cannot you be not you be able to be Israel.
0:24.0	He will be Israel.
0:26.0	We, the people of Israel, are prepared and anxious to meet the representatives of our neighbors without any preconditions.
0:36.0	There are people in Israel elsewhere say it's impossible to make peace within the Arabs in Israel of the Turkish people.
0:45.0	I think they're on.
0:47.0	Camelot, this is the court and castle of the legendary King Arthur.
0:54.8	It marked the highest of the highest when everything was perfect.
0:59.2	It was almost utopia. But here's the thing. Camelot is a fantasy, it's a myth, it's not real.
1:08.4	In life, the second we think we're in Camelot at exactly that moment. We need to pump the brakes.
1:17.0	Following Israel's breathtaking and stunning victory in the 1967-60 war,
1:22.4	Israel had their Camelot moment.
1:25.0	Only a few years after this major war, at the peak of Israel's success,
1:30.0	is where Israel almost lost at all.
1:34.0	Let's get into that.
1:36.0	It's 1973 in a Jerusalem synagogue.
1:40.0	A young man wearing a prayer shawl, a tallit, rises from his seat when his name is called.
1:47.6	He isn't being called to the Torah or to participate in the Yom Kupur
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