The W@r Israel Wasn’t Supposed to Survive | Unpacked

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In 1973, on Yom Kippur - the holiest day of the year - Israel was ambushed. Missiles rained down, tanks stormed the borders, and the nation nearly collapsed. Yet within weeks, outnumbered soldiers turned desperation into defiance. From the Valley of Tears to the banks of the Suez, Israel clawed its way back against impossible odds—ending the w@r not only victorious, but with handshakes that hinted at an improbable peace. Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:51 The "Conceptzia" 01:58 Arab states' deception 02:36 Egypt and Syria's goals 03:44 The warning signs 05:34 Israel's pre-w@r considerations 06:30 Outbreak of w@r 07:21 Israeli political responses 08:24 Israeli w@r hacks 12:41 US and USSR involvement 13:56 Turning point in Israel's favor 15:53 The ceasefire 16:20 Grassroots truce 17:25 Israel-Egypt peace treaty Sources: -Rabinovich, Abraham. The Yom Kippur W@r: The Epic Encounter That Transformed the Middle East. Schocken, 2005. -Ibid. “The trauma of Israel's Yom Kippur W@r was fully justified.” The Jerusalem Post, Oct 5, 2022. -Ibid. “Worse than the worst-case scenario: The dreadful hours before the Yom Kippur W@r.” The Times of Israel, Sep 15, 2021. -Ibid. “Shattered Heights: Part 1.” Jerusalem Post Archives, Sep 25 1998. -Goren, Shlomo, ed. Avi Rath, trans. Miryam Blum. With Might and Strength: An Autobiography. Maggid, 2016. -Seale, Patrick. Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press, 1989. -Kahalani, Avigdor. The Heights of Courage: A Tank Leader's War on the Golan. Praeger, 1992. -Dayan, Moshe. Story of My Life: An Autobiography. William Morrow and Company, Inc.; January 1976. -Dunstan, Simon. The Yom Kippur W@r, 1973. Praeger, 2005. -Gawrych, George W. The 1973 Arab-Israeli W@r: The Albatross Of Decisive Victory. Tannenberg Publishing, 2016. -Quandt, William B. Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967. The Brookings Institution and University of California Press, 2005. -Gordis, Daniel. Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn. Ecco, 2016. -Avner, Yehuda. The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership. The Toby Press, LLC, 2010. -“Avigdor Kahalani.” Jewish Virtual Library. -“Poll: Over 60% of Jewish Israelis plan to fast on Yom Kippur.” The Times of Israel, Oct 7, 2019. -“Israel.” Country Studies, U.S. Library of Congress. -“Six Day W@r.” Israeli Air Force. -“Valley of Tears Battle Site.” Danny the Digger. -Office of the Historian. “Détente and Arms Control, 1969–1979.” US Department of State. -Ibid. “The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), 1968.” US Department of State. -Ibid. “Strategic Arms Limitations Talks/Treaty (SALT) I and II.” US Department of State. -Naughton, James M. “Agnew Quits Vice Presidency and Admits Tax Evasion in ’67; Nixon Consults on Successor.” The New York Times, Oct 17, 1973. -Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Arab oil embargo". Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Oct. 2020. -Smith, Terence. “A mediated peace rejected by Eban.” The New York Times, Aug 15, 1967. -Regev, Mark. “How the Yom Kippur W@r changed Israel to the core - opinion.” The Jerusalem Post, Oct 6, 2022. -Oren, Amir. “At Least 86 Israeli POWs Were Killed in 1973 W@r, New Documents Reveal.” Haaretz, Sep 24 2013. -Mohr, Charles. “Israeli General Tells How Bridgehead Across the Suez Canal Was Established.” The New York Times, Nov 12, 1973. -Burr, William. “The October W@r and U.S. Policy.” Original documents, National Security Archives. -Meir, Golda. “Broadcast to the Nation.” 6 Oct., 1973, Jerusalem. Radio broadcast. -Kahalani, Avigdor. Virtual Interview, August 8, 2023. -U.N.S.C. Res. 338 (Oct. 22, 1973), U.N. SCOR. S/RES/338. -IDF Editorial Team. “A Rare Documentation: The Triumph of the Yom Kippur W@r Through a Camera Lens.” Israel Defense Forces, May 11, 2014. -Gazit, Mordechai. “Egypt and Israel - Was There a Peace Opportunity Missed in 1971?” Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 32, no. 1, 1997, pp. 97–115. JSTOR. -Kopets, Keith F. “Breaching the Bar-Lev Line.” U.S. Naval Institute: Proceedings, Vol. 129/10/1,208, U.S. Naval Institute. -Kichen, Lt. Col. Lee F. “The Saga of OZ 77 in the Arab-Israeli W@r of 1973: A Small Armor Unit’s Fight in a Large-Scale Combat Operation.” Armor, Fall 2019, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence. -Boyne, Walter J. “Nickel Grass.” Air Force Magazine, vol. 81, no. 12, 1998. Airforcemagazine.com. -“The Silence of the Sirens.” YouTube, uploaded by Ofir Lekach, April 28, 2021. -“The Avoidable W@r, Chapter 1 - Darkness Over the Abyss,” uploaded by Amir Goren, October 17, 2014. Recommended video— How A Secret W@r Between the USSR and Israel Almost Caused World W@r 3 | Unpacked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZkGCcuAmow&list=PL-DNOnmKkUaZppMiYz8_FzAMxR_Bf9w72&index=14 ----------- Image and footage credits: Coming soon. ----------- Executive Producer: — Barry Skolnick Co-Executive Producer: — Shmuel Katz ----------- Translation credits: Portuguese: Saymon Pires #israel #history #middleeast