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Abraham Rabinovich
The Yom Kippur War
“The best general history of the Yom Kippur War. The writing is clear, compelling and precise and offers a good understanding of both the military operations and the political developments. At both levels, it was a fascinating war. Beautiful, precise and sometimes poetic language…Outstanding.”-PROF.BENNY MORRIS, HA’ARETZ
“Truly striking. Rabinovich’s book is brilliant, sweeping and insightful.” -PROF. W. ANDREW TERRILL, NAVAL HISTORY
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About the book
In this galvanizing account of the most dramatic of the Arab-Israeli conflicts, Abraham Rabinovich, who covered the fighting as a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, transports us into the midst of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
His masterly narrative begins as Israel convinces itself there will be no war, while Egypt and Syria plot the two-front conflict. Then, on Yom Kippur, Saturday, October 6, 1973, we see Arab armies pouring across the shattered Bar-Lev Line in the Sinai and through the Golan defenses. Even the vaunted Israeli air force could not stop them. On the Golan, Syria sent 1,460 tanks against Israel’s 180. On the Sinai front, Egyptian soldiers wielding new Soviet-made anti-tank weapons knocked out most
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The Jarring Mission
Newspaper: Jewish Herald
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29 In aug 1972
subjects:
Individuals - Abraham (Yair) Stern, Gunnar Jarring, William Rogers, Yitzchak Rabin. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Arabs of Israel, Rogers Plan. Liberty of Men - censorship. Political Parties - Gahal. Government , Foreign Policy - Israel-U.S. Relationship. Peace , Security - Six-Day War, War of IndependenceBegin describes the recent struggles within the Government. He first discusses the U.S. -Israel relationship and how it needs constant clarification. However, positive change in the relationship happened. Begin describes the decisions made in 1970 regarding Dr. Gunnar Jarring's peace efforts based on the Rogers Initiative. Ultimately, the U.S. agreed with Israel's views, including William Rogers. Begin then shares that in Rabin's most recent trip to Israel, he did not visit his superior, Foreign Minister Abba Eban. A reason for this could be because documents Rabin marked as "Top Secret" were handed over for publication. Begin contemplates who could have leaked the documents and believes it is a national scandal with serious international repercussions. Begin then goes into more detail how it is problematic that Ministers publically share their voting decisions. Begin fears that "admi
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