1. Yom Kippur War (1973)
Oct. 6 - Egypt and Syria attack the Suez Canal and the Golan Heights
Oct Israel retaliates at the Golan heights
Oct One of the largest tank battles ever. Israel lost 10 tanks, Arabs lost #getwrecked
Oct Israeli forces re-take the Suez Canal. The Egyptian President asks the U.N to convene for a ceasefire
Oct Ceasefire is called

2. Arab/Palestinian points of contention
The Arabs were eager to regain the land that they had lost to the Israelis during the War or Six-Day War
This land included the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Sinai Peninsula

3. Israeli points of contention
The Israelis were attacked by the Arabs on Yom Kippur, a sacred Israeli holiday
The Israelis point of contention was that they had been attacked, so naturally they retaliated

4. Key Battles Operation Badr Operation Abiray-lev Battle of Ismailia
Battle of the chinese farm
First, Second and Third battle of Mt. Hermon
Battle of Suez

5. Key Players of the Yom Kippur War
Anwar Sadat- President of Egypt from Attempted to negotiate through peace and then turned to war.
Golda Meir- Prime Minister of Egypt from Decided not to strike against the Arab forces first to keep good relations with the US.
Henry Kissinger- Secretary of State for the US, was in charge of relations in the Middle East. Negotiated the end of the Yom Kippur War. Convinced Golda Meir not to strike first.
Hafez Assad- Syrian President. Was an ally of Anwar Saddat and focused on eliminating the Israeli forces.

6. Outcome of the Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur war was a war that the Israelis were very close to losing
Israel suffered over 2,500 dead and 3,000 wounded and the direct monetary cost were $4 billion
This war exposed Israel's overconfidence over the Arabs and lack of appreciation for the Arabs strength
This war increased Israel's dependence on the United States for aid
The Arabs won an important psychological victory, their morale was raised after the war
The Yom Kippur War was crucial in captivating the rest of the worlds attention towards the Arab- Israeli conflict

7. Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal

8. Group Members: Jason Yun, Max Mendola, Nathan Ferguson, Noah Conrad
Sources:
The Arab-Israeli Conflict by T.J Fraser
Handouts given in class