Hamas assault echoes 1973 Arab-Israeli war – a shock attack and questions of political, intelligence culpability
- Written by Dov Waxman, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
The 1973 Yom Kippur War proved a watershed moment in Middle East conflict and Israel's politics.aniel Rosenblum/Keystone/Getty ImagesThe parallels were striking – and surely not coincidental.
Exactly 50 years and a day after being taken completely off guard by a coordinated military attack by its neighbors – Egypt and Syria –...