Israel’s nuclear arsenal protects it from any large-scale assault. However given Israel’s actions in Gaza, would such an assault be justified?
The world felt a little bit of a heave in October 1973, when Egypt and Syria crossed into the Israeli-held Sinai and Golan Heights, and the Yom Kippur battle started. Israel was taken without warning, regardless of ample warnings of an impending assault. The Egyptians’ and Syrians’ acknowledged goal was to get better the territory Israel had gained and held within the 1967 Six-Day Battle. However who knew? Would Israel be partially or solely overrun? What then?
The Arab leaders had stated plenty of issues about Zionism being the goal, not Jews (after earlier careers during which Egyptian chief Anwar Sadat and others have been public and noxious anti-Semites). However who can management an occupying military? Although there was a lot bluff and bravado among the many pro-Palestinian left of the time, there was an consumption of breath too.
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