TJS S4E13 Yom Kippur War part I – the context for surprise

If we call what happened in the 1967 a war of the spirit, then what occurred seven years later was a struggle of psychology. Here is the first episode leading up to the 1973 Yom Kippur War. It explores the booming economy, the Israeli Black Panthers and the emergence of a new leader of Egypt, all in an attempt to understand the context for surprise. Learn about Moroccan Jewish immigrants to Israel such as Charlie Bitton and Saadia Marciano, the Musrara neighborhood of Jerusalem, Prime Minister Golda Meir, Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, and the Suez Canal.