Yom Kippur War Golda Meir

The war known to israelis as the yom kippur war and to arabs as the.

Yom kippur war golda meir. Dayan opened the meeting by arguing that war was not a certainty. Forty years after the yom kippur war which traumatized a generation of israelis and left more than 2 500 israeli soldiers dead the defense ministry released details of prime minister golda meir. Egyptian president anwar sadat right next to his successor hosni mubarak moments before sadat s assassination cairo october 6 1981. The egyptian army and the syrian army are about to launch an attack on israel on saturday 6 10 73 in the early evening highly detailed information followed about the war plans of the two armies 2 this was the beginning.

It opened with the chilling sentence. May 3 1898 december 8 1978 was an israeli teacher kibbutznik stateswoman politician and the fourth prime minister of israel. Israel s iconic leader golda meir was blamed for her country s near defeat in the yom kippur war. Facts about the yom kippur war.

Golda meir born golda mabovitch. Kissinger s reputation continued to take on a shade of gray as the years passed. Prime minister golda meir minister of defense moshe dayan and chief of general staff david elazar met at 8 05 am on the morning of yom kippur six hours before the war began. Born in kyiv ukraine she emigrated to the united states as a child with her family in 1906 and was educated there becoming a teacher after marrying she and her husband emigrated to then palestine in 1921 settling on a.

This time the effort was successful and the war came to an end. Some israeli generals wanted to strike first but golda meir refused to attack first as she was worried israel would lose the support of the united states. But secret government files reveal that while the war hero moshe dayan considered surrender. Then prime minister golda meir with southern command chief gen.

Israel had some warning that an attack was coming. Br consequently israel s chief of staff david elazar military intelligence chief eli zeira defense minister moshe dayan and finally prime minister golda meir all resigned. Golda meir letter sent to bereaved families on eve of yom kippur war found your pain is the pain of the entire nation our main concern is achieving peace for israel the first and only female.