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Article: Termination of the Yom Kippur war between Israel and Syria: positions, decisions and constraints at Israel's ministerial level.(Israel-Arab War 1973)
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- Middle Eastern Studies
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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The Yom Kippur War, also known as the October War and the Ramadan War, broke out on 6 October 1973, when Syria and Egypt staged a surprise attack against Israel on the Day of Atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Israel was dragged into a war which continued until 24 October, when its military was not in readiness and its people were still glowing from the stunning victory of the June 1967 Six Day War.
By waging a relatively limited war, Egypt and Syria intended to break the political stalemate in the Israeli-Arab conflict and inflict defeat on Israel, while capturing, at a minimum, the Golan Heights as well as part of the Sinai Peninsula. In ...