yom kippur war

(Left to Right) Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk, Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmed, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Fatah official Ahmed Bahar attend a meeting in Gaza City, April 22, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israeli arrogance thwarted a Palestinian political path. October 7 revealed the cost

A Fatah-Hamas agreement in 2021 offered a different political horizon. But success blinded Israel — just as it did before the 1973 war.

By Menachem Klein November 28, 2023

The minaret belonging to the ruined mosque of Sur'aman, a Circassian village that was destroyed following Israel's occupation of the Syrian Golan in 1967, April 1, 2016. (Aiman Abu Jable/Jawlan.org)

The silent occupation: Bringing pre-1967 Golan Heights back to life

With war raging over Israel’s border with Syria, it’s easy to forget that the Golan Heights — a buffer between the two countries — is occupied territory. But occupied it is, and the landscape bears witness to a history of violence and expulsion. “The sky fell to earth, the stars turned to stones…” — Elias…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland April 18, 2016

Palestinians protest at the entrance to the city of Umm al-Fahm, against the recent attack against a mosque in the city, April 21, 2014. On April 18, the door of a mosque in the city was set on fire and graffiti reading "Arabs out" was sprayed outside. (photo: Activestills.org)

Doing God’s work: A look at the Islamic Movement in Israel

It grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood, split into two branches over ideological differences, and is now joining forces with communists, feminists and Jews in the Joint List. This is the surprising story of the Islamic Movement in the Jewish state. By Dr. Nohad Ali Much has been said in the Israeli media about the union…

By +972 Magazine March 13, 2015

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Palestinians detainees in Hebren (photo: Breaking the Silence)

Public reading of soldier testimonies to be held in Tel Aviv on anniversary of occupation

Avner Gvaryahu, spokesperson for the anti-occupation group Breaking the Silence: ‘We want as many public figures as possible to assume responsibility, in broad daylight, for the kind of stories every soldier knows to tell.’ Breaking the Silence, an organization made up of ex-IDF soldiers that seeks to expose the reality of the occupation, is organizing a…

By Noam Sheizaf June 3, 2014

Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (US Gov't Work)

His finest hours: On Sharon’s murderous legacy

From the Qibya massacre, to Sabra and Shatila and the dirty tricks, lies and deceptions that made the West Bank settlements what they are today, Ariel Sharon has caused unimaginable damage to Israel, its army, morality, and political life. (Translated by Sol Salbe) On Saturday night, as soon as Ariel Sharon’s death became known, our hyperactive education…

By Yossi Gurvitz January 13, 2014

PM Netanyahu at the memorial ceremony marking 40 years since the Yom Kippur War, September 15, 2013. (Photo: Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Yom Kippur War holds lessons for Netanyahu’s stance on Iran

Netanyahu appears more and more confident that Iran’s stated intentions are not its true intentions. Instead of making parallels to WWII, he should take some lessons from the overconfident, and ultimately catastrophic intelligence assessments that preceded the Yom Kippur War. By Shemuel Meir What can we learn from the Israeli intelligence failure, known in Hebrew as…

By +972 Magazine October 28, 2013

IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz at a memorial service [illustrative], (Photo: IDF Spokesperson/Ori Shifrin)

Israel’s Memorial Day: A day of mourning and militarism

Today is not only a day of sadness for fallen Israeli soldiers, it’s also one of public declarations that all those bloody conflicts were righteous and necessary – just like the current ones and those that lie ahead. Maybe in another country, a country that goes to war once in a generation or longer, Memorial…

By Larry Derfner April 15, 2013

An Israeli police officer and reporters take cover during a rocket attack in the southern town of Sderot, Israel on December 30, 2008 (photo: Amir Farshad Ebrahim / CC BY-SA 2.0)

The lesson Israel refuses to learn on Gaza

There is a proven road to security for the people of the Negev: a total end to Israeli rule over the people who are shooting at them. Here is my suggestion for how Israel can bring peace and quiet to the people living within rocket range of Gaza: lift the blockade of the Strip…

By Larry Derfner November 13, 2012

Yedioth Aharonoth front page, 8 October.

Between the Lines (8 Oct): On the loyalty oath and racism

The Headlines: The Dollar declines, Israeli politics sink even lower > The dollar has sharply declined throughout the world. In Israel, the national bank has been trying to stop this development (which would hurt exports and economic growth) by buying huge amounts of foreign currency. Predictably, it is failing to exclude Israel from the global…

By Roi Maor October 8, 2010

Between the Lines (7 Oct): Disloyalty to the Jewish democracy

Headlines: Disloyalty to Judaism and Democracy Netanyahu has decided to support a proposed bill, which would require new citizens to proclaim their allegiance not just to Israel, as they are required to do right now, but specifically to Israel as a “Jewish and democratic state”. The law would apply only to non-Jews, and all outlets…

By Roi Maor October 7, 2010

Front page Maariv 6 October: reliving the Yom Kippur War

Between the Lines (6 Oct): Yesterday’s news today & the real news

Headlines: Yesterday’s new today > This is a news roundup, but do the newspapers necessarily publish news? This is yet another day when the Yom Kippur War protocols capture the headlines, without revealing anything significant about that war that we didn’t already know. Israel was caught by surprise despite sufficient intelligence? Jordan was a secret…

By Roi Maor October 6, 2010

Haaretz front page, 5 Oct 2010

Between the Lines (5 Oct): Yom Kippur war protocol revealed

Headlines: It’s déjà-vu all over again >Top of the news: Israel under attack! All-out war! Egyptians cross the channel! No, wait a second… what? That was the 1973 Yom Kippur war, which is now back in the headlines. A declassified protocol reveals that the Israeli leadership was overwhelmed, and that the security minister at the…

By Roi Maor October 5, 2010

The IDF spokesman’s war on freedom of the press

Following an 1992 IDF military training debacle known as the Zeelim B scandal, an Israeli general named Uri Sagi, then serving as chief of AMAN (military intelligence), was interviewed for the domestic media. During the interview, the journalist noted that the IDF Spokesman gave a version of events that directly contradicted Sagi’s. The general, always…

By Yossi Gurvitz October 2, 2010