The fourth and last Quick Note focuses on the Yom Kippur War of 1973 (the Fourth Arab-Israeli War). As mentioned earlier, the Quick Notes series reflects, for the sake of brevity, an 'overview' of this most significant West Asian conflict.
When: 6–25 October 1973
What happened: Coalition of Arab Muslim nations, led by Egypt & Syria launched attack on Israel on the Yom Kippur holy day (6 October); Israel beat back the invasion. Israel reached within 100 km of Egyptian capital, Cairo, and within 32 km of Syrian capital, Damascus.
Outcomes:
(a) Israel, though
victorious, chose to take the diplomacy route to build lasting peace with the
Arab Muslim states in its neighbourhood.
(b) Israel and Egypt
signed the Camp David Accords in 1978 and later the 1979 Egyptian–Israeli peace
treaty, which led to significant outcomes: Egypt became the first Muslim nation
to recognize the State of Israel while Israel relinquished its occupation of
the Sinai Peninsula which it taken in the 1967 Six–Day War.
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