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Title: The Yom Kippur War


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The Yom Kippur War
  • Results

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Egypt
  • Sadat managed to accomplish his goal of giving
    Egypt a more visible presence in international
    affairs.
  • Egypt managed to attain increased political
    status in the region.
  • Egyptian president emerged as world figure and
    hero to the Arabs.

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Israel
  • More than 6,000 troops had been killed or wounded
    in 18 days.
  • The image of an invincible Israel that had
    prevailed since the June 1967 War was destroyed
    forever.
  • Loss of equipment and the decline of production
    and exports as consequence of mobilization.
  • Able to recover and fight back.
  • Moshe Dayan heavily criticized by the Israeli
    public.
  • Huge drop in self-confidence

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USA
  • Supplied Israel with much-needed military
    equipment such as tanks, planes and ammunition
  • Thereby solidifying US-Israeli relations
  • After the war US quadrupled amount of foreign aid
    supplied to Israel
  • Took over France as main supplier of arms

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Arab States
  • The victors of the Yom Kippur War.
  • For the first time, Arab armies were not defeated
    since 1948.
  • Able to overcome all the differences and emerged
    from the war more united.
  • The oil embargo.
  • Affirmed that the rights of Palestinians must be
    considered in any settlement of the Arab-Israeli
    conflict.
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