Attack and Win On Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur By Egypt: 1973

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                 

Speaking of wins;  Trump and his Deal with Iran, a basketball game in USA after 53 years of the Nix (New York) not winning;  This is what happened to Israelis after the winning the War in 1973, the same year of the basketball game in the States.:  

When the 1973 Yom Kippur War concluded, the Israeli public reaction was not one of celebratory triumph, but rather a profound mixture of relief, national trauma, and deep introspection. Despite eventually turning the tide to achieve a decisive military comeback, the overwhelming sentiment among Israelis was shaped by the devastating casualties and the shock of being caught completely unprepared.  Because the war began with a massive, coordinated surprise attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, citizens initially feared an existential threat to the state. When the fighting stopped, the sheer scale of the losses—roughly 2,650 Israeli soldiers killed—cast a heavy shadow over the country. 

 The stunning early setbacks shattered public faith in military leadership and the government. The public felt a sense of betrayal and hubris. This widespread anger ultimately mobilized the populace against the governing establishment, leading to massive protests, inquiries, and significant political shifts. Does this sound familiar?  The same attitude was going on today with the October 7, 2023 attack.  

Relief: While victory was achieved in military terms—with Israeli forces pushing back the advancing armies and encircling the Egyptian Third Army—in 1973, it was celebrated primarily as a survival of a disaster rather than a cause for joyful, triumphant celebrations.

 Ultimately, the trauma and strategic shock of the war forced a psychological shift. The Brookings Institution notes that the realization of the war's high cost set the stage for subsequent diplomacy, eventually culminating in the historic Egypt-Israel peace process.                   

     Nasser, sunglasses in suit, center:  Some of the attending heads of state at the Arab League Summit in Khartoum following the Six-Day War. From left to right: Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Nasser, Abdullah al-Sallal of Yemen, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait and Abd al-Rahman Arif of Iraq, 2 September 1967.  Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian military officer and revolutionary who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970.                      

2nd Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated on October 6, 1981, by extremist members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad during an annual military parade in Cairo. The attack unfolded while Sadat was watching the victory parade commemorating the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The brazen operation involved the following details: The Attack: A truck carrying an assassination squad, led by army lieutenant Khaled el-Islambouli, stopped in front of the reviewing stand. The extremists dismounted, threw grenades, and opened fire with assault rifles directly into the crowd of officials

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made history as the first Arab leader to visit Israel, arriving in Jerusalem on November 19, 1977. His groundbreaking three-day trip was aimed at advancing the peace process and included a historic address to the Israeli Knesset.  It was a success !!! They loved him!!! Update: 6/15/26 2:22pm

 The 1979 Peace Treaty
Following the Accords, the two nations signed a formal peace treaty on March 26, 1979. The core terms included: Mutual Recognition: Egypt became the first Arab state to officially recognize Israel. Anwar el-Sadat was the president of Egypt from 1970-1981 who shared the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize for establishing peace agreements with Israel.

• Territorial Return: Israel agreed to withdraw all military and civilian presence from the Sinai Peninsula. In exchange, Egypt designated the peninsula as a demilitarized zone and accepted diplomatic normalization.
• Waterways: Egypt guaranteed the free passage of Israeli ships through the Suez Canal and recognized the Strait of Tiran and Gulf of Aqaba as international waterways. 

3. Current Dynamics and Challenges
While the treaty resulted in "cold peace", the military and diplomatic agreements remain fully intact. The countries maintain formal embassies, bilateral trade, and close security cooperation regarding border security and regional stability.Egypt and Israel officially opened their borders to each other's tourists and travelers every year from 1980 through 1986, following the historic Egypt–Israel peace treaty. 

The timeline of travel relations between 1980 and 1986 includes specific milestones:1980: Formal travel and normal traffic officially began after full diplomatic relations were established in January. While thousands of Israelis traveled to Egypt, reciprocal tourism from Egyptians was extremely minimal.

My Critique on CNN's Last Presentation of Jerusalem, Part 6, The Six Day War

Nadene Goldfoot                                                 

   Wailing Wall or Western Wall in Jerusalem, only place that Jews are allowed by Jordan to pray.  Moshe Dayan gave this right to Jordan to be responsible for the Temple Mount at the end of the 1967 War.  They're so strict that if they see your lips move in prayer, you are arrested.  

After watching the presentation, my first comment is that this was presented as a concluding side of a debate as a case for the Palestinian state.  The feeling given was that the Jews, Christians and Muslims all had equal and fair reasons for wanting Jerusalem and the state of Israel.  What I noticed, sadly, is that the Palestinians have been in complete denial of the facts about the history of Israel which includes Jerusalem.  To Jews, there is no comparison to the value that Jerusalem  has by the Jews or the length of time spent living there. 

                                                                  

Yes, Joshua had to fight when he arrived with Moses and the Exodus, given no choice a people attacked them first. There are no more ancient people of that period, as all have intermarried with Israelites in the end and have disappeared as any people.   

The remarks I noted at the beginning was that the Palestinians feel that Israel was the great disaster in their lives.  It was noted that for the past 3,000 years, Jerusalem endured 6 conflicts over this one city.  Which ones they spoke of were never mentioned.  I count:  1947-1949 the War of Independence, 1956- The Sinai War, 1967-The Six Day War,  1973-The Yom Kippur War, and then smaller wars since then.  I was there in 1982 when Israel went into Lebanon.   

The comment that the Arabs had been on the land for 2,000 years and then suddenly the Europeans came was their argument for being native to the land which was a fallacy.  The Palestinians are Arabs but not a people.  They have come to Israel recently around 1885 from the surrounding areas seeking jobs from the also newly arrived Jews who were building towns and cities.  There had been other Arabs previously, since the land had been in the Ottoman Empire hands, the Turks for the past 400 years, and there were Bedouins who wandered through all the lands on camels or donkeys.  What Arabs were there were farmers who upon seeing their real-estate of value to the Jews, upped the prices and made deals, leaving for greener pastures of Paris or Lebanon.  They were having a hard time paying taxes to the Ottomans.  I cite the book by Joan Peters as evidence of this fact, FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL, who actually did the research on this.  

There were other people on the land besides the Jews before the Ottomans took it over.  Usually they integrated or married into the Jewish people, and as a people vanished that way.  It is the Jews who may be carrying some of their genes.  The Jews have been on the land since Moses led them to Canaan which would be by 1271 BCE when he died outside the perimeter.  There have always been Jews living on the land of Eretz Yisrael.

Incidentally, a fairly recent fact has been that the Druze are the closest in DNA to Jews, but now scientists have also included the Palestinians as well.  So Abraham has left his evidence of his descendants after all.  We've always said in the Bible, written by Moses, that Abraham had Ishmael by an Egyptian wife, Hagar.  

Palestinian Arabs have been duped about their history.  CNN told of how some carry the keys to their homes before they were ousted.  I imagine Jews had done the same thing when the Romans occupied Israel and then burnt Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 CE.   But the Palestinian Arabs left for different reasons than that.  What happened was that the Arabs were attacking the Jews in the War of Independence and the Arab leaders told them to leave as they were about to attack, and when they finished they could take over the homes of the Jews who they would kill. It didn't turn out that way.  When then sought out a place to stay, they were led to refugee camps, and have stayed there ever since; raised through 3 generations in such places, all because they wouldn't stay and live in peace with the Jews and coveted their homes, ready to see them killed.   

This wasn't the plan of our Jewish leaders.  They had visions of everyone living together on the land in peace.  They didn't know the minds of the Arab leaders other than Emir Faisal, who as an educated man.  Faisal saw the Jews' return as helpful for his unskilled and uneducated Arab people.  He hoped they would learn these things from the Jews.  Faisal wound up being the King of Syria and the King of Iraq.   The Sherif of Jerusalem aka Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of the Arabs,  led attacks on Jews in 1929, etc.  He was a big fish in a little pond. The Brit who had appointed him happened to be a Jew.  He turned against the people that had fed him.                            

                                  Abdullah I, (2 February 1882 – 20 July 1951)                                                                                  

Hussein (Sharif of Mecca King of Hejaz)

Ali (King of Hejaz)

Abdullah I (King of Jordan)

Faisal I (King of Syria King of Iraq)

Zeid (pretender to Iraq)

'Abd Al-Ilah (Regent of Iraq)

Talal (King of Jordan)

Ghazi (King of Iraq)

Ra'ad (pretender to Iraq)

Hussein (King of Jordan)

Faisal II (King of Iraq)

Zeid

Abdullah II (King of Jordan)

Abdullah was mentioned, who was the son of Hussein of Mecca,king of Hejaz.  He was awarded the land by the Brits;  he didn't have to fight the Jews for it as  was intimated.  The Brits gave him 80% of the land they had promised to the Jews first.  Hussein, king of Jordan was his grandson.                                        

   Moshe Dayan, (1915-1981) lost his eye when in the British army serving in Lebanon.  Repelled Syrian army from Jordan Valley in 1948; commander of Jerusalem region.  Chief of general staff 1953-1958; Sinai Operation in 1956; elected to Knesset in 1959 as Mapai, Minister of agriculture; Minister of Defense before 6 Day War. Resigned in 1974.  

Nasser was spoken of as the hero of the Arab people and PM Eshkol as having no background.  The Jews did have Moshe Dayan, though, who saved the day for Israel.  I regret I had forgotten to include him in my report.  CNN spoke of atrocities done on each side.  I know that women soldiers carried something like  cyanide in their pocket just in case they were captured for the atrocities by the Palestinians were deemed to be pretty awful. I wouldn't bet that Israel practiced any atrocities.  They live by a better code of ethics.  Israel's army is known for fair treatment.  However, a people doing certain things expect their enemy to do the same.  

The comment of Palestinian Arabs were defenseless and their citizens were killed is questionable.  When the Brits left, they did not give the Jews any guns to defend themselves with while the Arabs were known to be rioting against them.  At the same time, the Brits had been letting in Arab immigrants but keeping out the Jews escaping the Nazis.    The battle for Jerusalem had begun. 

The UN was mentioned, wanting a cool off period as they saw that Israel had already won the battle.  The Arabs seemed to angrily note that the USA backed Israel with money and weapons while the Soviet Union had been backing the Arabs.  The Palestinians have been pawns in the great chess game that Arab leaders have been playing. 

                                                 

The Palestinians moan that Israel as cost them their freedom.  Arabs in Israel have more freedom than others in the Middle East.  Those that stayed and didn't leave are full citizens, even able to serve in the Knesset, beauty pageants, etc.  They complain that they have suffered the most.  I ask how?  What have they done to be good citizens?  Why have their sons been throwing stones or knifing Jews on the Temple Mount?  They complain that they have been made into refugees.  That's not true.  They chose that path themselves.  Their pride may be hurt.  They have been in denial for a very long time and feed these same stories to their own children.  They call their situation a humanitarian crisis.  They call Jews the occupiers, and it's all rubbish.  It's all in the history books as to how the Jews finally, after 3,000 years of waiting, gained their country back again.  They met with the allies before WWI was over and presented their case of needing their country, and after losing about 90% of what was promised, did gain a tiny portion of their original land, and they named it Israel.    

                                                   

Palestinians saw a bulldozer come in and refer to it as ethnic cleansing.  What they saw was that the Palestinians themselves had built shacks, or homes on land not theirs when in the hands of the Jordanians and when the Jews won a very horrible battle in 1967, probably used the bulldozer to clear the area that should not have been there in the first place. It's also been used as punishment for attacks on Jews in lieu of going to prison.   Jews are the last people on earth to practice ethnic cleansing.  We've had enough of that practiced on ourselves.  

One great comment from my son was that he saw the greatness and the miracle that Israel managed to win a battle caused by Egypt, Syria, Jordan.  Other Arabs from surrounding countries also came to lend a hand against Israel.  Nasser had moved 100,000 men and  1,100 tanks into the Sinai while the other Arab states rapidly made their preparations and coordinated their moves for a unified attack on Israel, including an agreement between Nasser and King Hussein of Jordan. He did notice the little innuendos that I mentioned with the aim of building up the Palestinian case for a state.   

 

 

True Facts About Jerusalem, Part 6: in 1967: The Six Day War

 Nadene Goldfoot                                            

    Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya, Algeria, Mauritania.  Many came to fight Israel in 1967 and they lost.  As a result, Israel became the governing authority in the Gaza Strip, Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights, and in the West Bank.  Under the Israeli rule from 1967 to 1992, the Palestinian population of the West bank experienced the highest standard of living of any Arab country with the exception of the oil states.                                                  

                                 Jerusalem 1940  winter

Jerusalem since 1948 was divided into 2 parts.  The Israel section included the whole of the West and Southern part of the "New City", including "Mount Zion" and an enclave on Mt. Scopus.  The city extended westward by the construction of the Knesset and Government quarter with the National Museum and University campus nearby.  The city was the administrative center of Israel as it always had been in ancient times.

 At the outset of the Six-Day War (June 5, 1967), Jordanian troops in the Old City and Jordanian sections of the city bombarded the New City.  The Israeli army reacted and 2 days later, the entire city came under Israel control.               

The Old City is a 0.9-square-kilometer (0.35 sq mi) walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem.  The Old City is home to several sites of key religious importance: the Temple Mount and Western Wall for Jews, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Christians and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 1981.                                                                     

                       Seeing the wall for the first time for these soldiers.  Jews were kept out of this eastern part of the divided Jerusalem by Jordan for 20 years.  Jordan lost this section by attacking and losing the battle.  

 One of the 1st reactions was mass visits to the Western Wall which had been prohibited to Jews for almost 20 years.  On June 29, 1967, the Israeli government formally united the 2 sections of the city and the barriers that had divided them were removed.  The population of the eastern portion of the city--including 139,600 Moslems and Christians--have been incorporated into the total population of 493,500 by 1990.  

 Prime Minister Levi Eshkol from 22 Dec 1964 to 26 February 1969

Background: The special relationship Levi Eshkol  developed with President Lyndon Johnson of USA would prove pivotal in securing US political and military support for Israel during the "Waiting period" preceding the Six-Day War of June 1967.  Levi Eshkol was at the time also Israel's Minister of Defense. 

    1966 Pres.Johnson from Texas, a Democrat;  and First Lady with Israel Pres. Zalman Shazar, also Russian born like Eshkol. In 1963 he became president.   Both Israel's President and PM  were with the Mapai parties.  

According to Michael Oren, an American-born Israeli historian, author, politician, former ambassador to the United States, and former member of the Knesset for the Kulanu party and a former Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, .Eshkol's intransigence ( refusal to change one's views or to agree about something). in the face of military pressure to launch an Israeli attack is considered to have been instrumental in increasing Israel's strategic advantage as well as obtaining international legitimacy, yet at the time he was perceived as hesitant, an image cemented following a stuttered radio speech on 28 May. The Egyptian President Nasser's ever more overt provocations, created diplomatic support for Israel. Eshkol eventually established a National Unity Government together with Menachem Begin's Herut party, conceding the Defense portfolio to Moshe Dayan.                                                

        President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt from 23 June 1956-26 September 1970

An example of Nasser's provocations;  speech on 26 May 1967;  "The Arab people want to fight.  We have been waiting for the right day when we would be fully prepared.  Recently, we have felt strong enough to triumph, with God's help, if we enter into battle with Israel.  On that basis, we have decided to take the actual measures, taking this step makes it imperative that we be ready to embark on a total war with Israel.  

The question is, what caused the 6 Day War?  The previous war was in 1956, The Sinai War that lasted from 29 October to 5 November 1956, a 7 day war when the threat was removed and the blockade against Israel was broken.  Egypt again had played a critical role.  The USSR had been smuggling in  military equipment to Egypt and Syria.  The UN emergency Force in Sinai and Gaza Strip was established in order to separate Egypt and Israel.  For 10 years, they remained in its positions between the two.  The frontier with Egypt was the quietest.  The Gulf of Eilat was open in the movement of ships to and from Israel.  

My facts are that in February of 1966, a revolution took place in Syria, the 9th one since 1949.  The left wing of the Ba'ath Party had the backing of the USSR had seized power.  This new government's policy was of hostility and hatred towards Israel.  By the first months of 1967, tension grew between Syria and Israel. "The Tension was largely due to over 2 years of sabotage activities inside Israel and border incidents, mostly undertaken by the Syrians, who were interested in involving the other Arab states in a further war with Israel.  Fearing Israel retaliation against Syria and in an effort to deflect it,  Egypt began moving its army into the Sinai peninsula on May 15, 1967.   In the middle of May, the tension was exploited by the USSR.  Egypt and Syria led the way to the Six Day War.

They and the Soviet Union spread false reports that Israeli forces were on the Syrian frontier.  At the same time, the UN on the spot reports were saying that no such concentration existed, but these were ignored.  Egypt had its army in Sinai--90,000 men and 900 tanks.  Egypt demanded that the UN emergency Force withdraw and they did.  There went the barrier between Egypt and Israel.  Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to all destined for Israel and called for war. The Arab States, led by Egypt, formed a war pact against Israel.  The armies of Jordan, Iraq and Syria concentrated their forces along the frontiers with Israel.  They said publicly that their intention was to destroy Israel.  

Israel waited for 3 weeks from 15th May for international action to stop the escalation and remove the threat from its frontiers.  But, the Great Powers and the United Nations were incapable of effecting any change in the situation.  On 5th June,, war broke out.  

                                                                    

Israel destroyed the armies that had massed along its frontiers

 and menaced its vital centers.  Cease-fire lines were established along the Suez Canal,  the Jordan River and the Golan Heights.  The Straits of Tiran were once again open to navigation.  Jerusalem was reunified.  

"In a tense Oval Office statement, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu told President  Barack Obama  that Israel would not withdraw to 1967 borders to aid a peace deal with the Palestinians.  "We can't go back!"  PM Netanyahu had rejected the 1967 border proposal.  Obama and Netanyahu, meanwhile, appear to have reached an impasse after two and a half years of rocky relations. The Obama White House was angered when Netanyahu refused a U.S. demand to halt building Jewish settlements in the West Bank."  The "West Bank" in reality is Judea and Samaria, the original land holdings of the Jewish people.  This is a very touchy subject.  It's similar, G-d forbid, of giving Washington DC to the Russians sometime in the not too distant future after losing it to the Chinese.  

Judea and Samaria are the very heart of the Jewish people.  Judea was Judah, our tribe's home, designated by Joshua as our home, from a message from G-d as told by Moses.  A give-away was not in the original plans for the Jewish Homeland.  That was not what Chaim Weizmann had signed onto with the Balfour Doctrine.  Between Britain and Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the Jewish Homeland had been chipped away so much that the Jews were left  with 20% that was being chiseled down to 10% of the Promised Jewish Homeland.  ENOUGH!  The 1967 War was the bloody miracle that gave back the Jewish homeland that had been secretly double-promised to Abdullah  that wanted land because his brother, Emir Faisal,  had been given land.  They lost it in the war.  It means far more to the Jews than it did to Abdullah.  They still held onto the Jews' 80% now called Jordan. 

Arabs are taking a good look at history and why they have been fighting against the Jews' return to their original land.  The Abraham Accords are happening.  Israel is being accepted for the first time since 1948.  Conditions are such that Israel makes a better ally than it does an enemy when both Israel and the Arabs are facing the same enemy, and that is Iran.  The meeting that they had all attended in Khartoum, Sudan, Africa right after the 1967 war where they voiced their 3 NOs  in recognizing or making peace  or having any negotiations with Israel  is a past happening with those facing reality.  

The Abraham Accords are a series of treaties normalizing diplomatic relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco, facilitated by the U.S. Administration[1] between August and December, 2020. In the span of five short months, these four Arab states joined Egypt and Jordan in making peace with Israel. The agreements were called “The Abraham Accords” in honor of Abraham - the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam[2].  

 

  

Resource: 

The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia

Facts About Israel, division of information, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem, 1973

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Eshkol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_(Jerusalem)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43106082

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khartoum_Resolution

https://www.jns.org/topic/abraham-accords/?gclid=CjwKCAjw64eJBhAGEiwABr9o2JqZBsRxnM10l4XPfQdaoSaswLqtMbE91wwDQjBhFAYY1w1PPnOj_hoC3HYQAvD_BwE

BIG LIES:  by David Meir-Levi from David Horowitz Freedom Center

CNN

Tonight is the 6th presentation of Jerusalem by CNN. I'll watch it and will present my comments if it differs from my report.  

Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury, produced by Blackfin, is a six-part series that tells the story of one of the most controversial cities in history, through six epic conflicts that shaped and defined it. Narrated by Golden Globe-winning actor Ewan McGregor, the docuseries explores how a small arid town with no natural resources became a place of pilgrimage for three of the most prominent world religions, while investigating how three thousand years of conflicts have led directly to the struggles of today. Spanning from Biblical times to the Roman Empire to the Cold War, and examining the stories of King David, Cleopatra, Saladin, T.E. Lawrence, and more, the series brings the “City of God” to life as never before. 

The premiere episode, “The Kingdom,” tracks how King David conquered and claimed Jerusalem from the Jebusites as the capital for the United Kingdom of Israel, setting the stage for centuries of conflict to come. (This was part I.)

Executive producers for Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury are Geno McDermott, Jordan Rosenblum and Shan Nicholson for Blackfin, Amy Entelis and Lyle Gamm for CNN Original Series. The series will regularly air on Sunday nights at 10pm ET/PT on CNN.