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Reading on the Yom Kippur War
Directions:
 Read and take notes on the brief article on Yom Kippur War
 On the left take notes on what you learned about the war
 The right side is for you to add comments, links, questions about what you saw and heard
 In paragraph form, write a reflection on what you learned from the article
Introduction:
On October 6, 1973 the day of the Yom Kippur,
the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, it’s also the
day when the Egyptians and Syrians launched
their attacked against Israel, hoping to win back
territory that was lost to Israel in the 1967 ArabIsraeli war. The Egyptians invaded the Sinai
Peninsula, while the Syrians had trouble throwing
the occupied Israeli troops out of the Golan
Heights, at which Israel responded with a
counterattack, and they recaptured the Golan
Heights. A Cease-Fire agreement between both
sides went into effect on October 25, 1973.
Was the reason why the Israelis didn’t form a
counter attack because, on Yom Kippur, Jews
weren’t allowed to fight?
Yes, and at the same time the Israelis were to pray
and fast for 25 hours.
Background:
In 1967 Egyptians and Syrians had a full on war
against the Israelis in 1967. It was called the SixDay War, because it only lasted for six days. After
the Six Day War, Israel came out as the victor of
the war. As a result of Israel’s victory, Israel
claimed about 23,500 square mile of territory
from Egypt, which were the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza
Strip, Jordan, West Bank, and East Jerusalem. At
the same time Syria lost its Golan Heights. By
1970 Anwar el- Sadat the President of Egypt
realized that if Egypt will be in financial trouble,
if Egypt were to continue its quarrel with Israel.
Thus he plotted to attack Israel again, even if it
may end unsuccessful, it would convince Israelis
that peace was necessary between the two nations.
If a cease fire agreement was formed between
Egypt and Israel, why did Israel turn out to be the
victor as a result of the war?
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The victory might’ve been claiming
additional properties from Syria, as Syria
never signed a cease fire agreement with
Israel.
President Sadat was quite smart, knowing that
Israel wouldn’t succumb to peace that easily with
the Arabs, thus he waged another war, in order to
force Israel into going peace with Egypt.
The war:
The fourth Israeli-Arab war began on October 6,
1973, the same that the Israelis are observing
Yom Kippur. Egypt and Syria launched an
unexpected attack against the Israeli as they were
on a religious holiday, but after a few days the
Israel was full mobilized and were again to push
This is significant, because this is the first time
out of all the Israelis-Arabs war that Arabs had the
upper hand in this battle.
Egypt and Syria was quite smart, knowing Israel
wouldn’t be able to respond to their attack, while
the Arab forces back. By October 25, the
Egyptian and Israeli agreed on a cease-fire
agreement which was secured by the United
Nations.
on their religious holiday.
The Aftermath:
The aftermath of the fourth Israeli and Arab war
Things seem went Okay for the Israeli, but in the
was that Israeli was the victor with the cost of
end they’re the victor of the war.
large amount of causalities, at which the Israelis
blamed the government’s lack of preparedness. As
a result, in April 1974, Golda Meir the Israeli
prime minister resigned.
At the same time, because of the battle, it allowed
Egyptians and Israeli to form a peace agreement.
At which the Egyptians were able to get back the
Sinai Peninsula. In 1979 Sadat and Israeli Prime
Minister Menachem signed the first peace
agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
As a result of the war, it seems quite successful
for the Egyptians as they were able to form peace
between the Israelis as well as claim back the
Sinai Peninsula.
Things were great for the Egyptians, as a result of
the war, but for Syria it was a disaster. As a result
of the Egyptian-Israeli cease-fire agreement, it
allowed Israel to attack Syria without Egypt’s
interference. As a result Israeli gained more
territories in the Golan Heights, because of this in
1979 Syria voted with other Arab states to expel
Egypt from the league of Arab nations.
While things were successful for the Egyptians,
for the Syrians, it was that much, as after the
Israeli formed a cease fire agreement with Egypt,
it allowed Israel to focus on Syria. As a result,
Syria lost even more land to Israel. In the end
Syria was quite mad that Egypt abandoned them,
thus Syria attempted to expel Egypt from the
league of Arab nations.
Write an analysis of what you learned from the article
From this article, I have learned that the reason why the Egyptians and Syrians were able to catch the
Israeli off guard with their attacks, was because the Israelis were on a special religious holiday, thus it
prevented the Israelis from responding to the attack. Also the aftermath was great for Egypt, it allowed
for Egypt to form a peace agreement with Israel. However for the Syrians, it was bad, as Egypt agreed
to stop fighting with Israel, it allowed Israel to invade more Syrian territories.