The Golda Meir Government Prior to the Yom Kippur War – Reply to Yigal Kipnis
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Golda Meir, Israel–Egypt Relations, Yom Kippur War, Suez Canal, Moshe DayanAbstract
This article looks at the Golda Meir government’s diplomatic negotiations with Egypt between 1969 and 1974, especially in the months preceding the Yom Kippur War.
The author analyzes the political deadlock in the years leading up to the war and challenges the claim that the bulk of the blame lies with the Israeli government. He describes how Israeli policy went from a harsh and intransigent stance (until 1971) to a two-track stratagem that promoted gradual progress towards an interim agreement on the Suez Canal, while it rejected any threat to Israel’s basic interests. Throughout this period Meir tried to persuade Egypt to open secret negotiations, but to no avail.
In the Conclusion, the author deals with two controversial military issues related to Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan in the days leading up to the war.
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