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Tag Archives: Yom Kippur War
“Assured by her generals that the Arabs were only bluffing and pressured by the Nixon administration not to launch a preemptive strike, Prime Minister Golda Meir waited until the last minute before mobilizing”
WALL STREET JOURNAL Remembering the Yom Kippur War in a Divided Israel Michael Oren September 28, 2023 …The result was a conflict that, in terms of its scale and complexity, was almost unmatched in the post-World War II era. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Egypt, Golda Meir, Michael Oren, Syria, Yom Kippur War
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50 years since Yom Kippur War: “Everyone had their world turned upside down when a nationwide reserve call-up was announced. I was lucky to make it back alive”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The war that changed my life – and everyone else’s Amos Regev September 24, 2023 …One morning, as we were setting up our pieces, the commander showed up. He brought a new soldier who … Continue reading
Golda Meir has a somewhat negative reputation in Israel, but the Guy Nattiv movie may be changing how the first female prime minister is viewed
JPOST ‘Golda’: Israelis mull over the Helen Mirren-led movie Hannah Brown September 23, 2023 Golda Meir was the first female prime minister of Israel and, like the country she led, she was a mass of contradictions. Reportedly lauded by David … Continue reading
#LeonardCohen: Five decades later, on Spotify and in synagogue, you can still hear the echo of the Yom Kippur War. What happened in the Sinai desert in October 1973?
COMMON SENSE The Israeli War That Made Leonard Cohen Matti Friedman April 10, 2022 Some of the men on the sand look up at the visitor with his guitar. Others look down at their dirty knees and boots. Cigarettes glow … Continue reading
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Tagged Leonard Cohen, Yom Kippur War
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Netflix’s “The Angel” tells story of Egyptian spy Ashraf Marwan–Abdel Nasser’s son-in-law–who warned Israel prior to ‘73 Yom Kippur War
YNET Telegram exposes Mossad chief’s warnings about Yom Kippur War by Yaron Drukman September 18, 2018 …[On Monday] The State Archives website posted the telegram the former Mossad chief sent to then prime minister Golda Meir’s military secretary Yisrael Lior, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashraf Marwan, Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Golda Meir, Mossad, Yom Kippur War
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Israelis remembering #LeonardCohen who “never thought to change his obviously Jewish name…seeking recognition from no one” [VIDEOS]
ALGEMEINER Netanyahu: I Will Never Forget How Leonard Cohen Came to Israel During Yom Kippur War to Sing to IDF Troops Out of Deep Feeling of Partnership by Barney Breen-Portnoy November 11, 2016 Tributes rolled in from around the world … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Leonard Cohen, Yom Kippur War
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Yishai Fleisher reflects on lessons of the Yom Kippur War
ISRAEL HAYOM We can learn from the Yom Kippur War by Yishai Fleisher September 22, 2015 …Europe wants to label some of our exports as “settler” produce — and we oblige them? We should send everything exported from Israel with … Continue reading
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Tagged Six-Day War, Yishai Fleisher, Yom Kippur War
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