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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,…

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TJS S4E8 War of Attrition part I

Changing our conceptions is one of the hardest things in life to do, for countries as well as individuals. Israel’s stunning victory in the Six Day War of 1967 brought many blessings, but it also posed certain challenges in how to understand the post-war reality. Here is the first episode on the War of Attrition…

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