Yom Kippur War and its Implications Analytical Essay by Nicky

In this article, the writer first explains that as forces from Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq massed around Israel's borders in 1967, Israel launched a six-day air campaign which crippled the capacity of its opponents to wage war and which expanded its borders to well beyond the tract originally awarded to Zionists with the independence of 1948. The writer discusses that the Yom Kippur War, which occurred in 1973, would be an act of strategic vengeance by the Arab states for the disgrace and political disenfranchisement provoked by their defeat in the Six Day War, which occurred in 1967. The writer maintains that these events would create a political and geographical deadlock that remains in place today, and would also set the mold for the Middle East peace process, both in its successes and failures. The writer maintains that in the events of 1973, one can begin to see a template by which future brokers of peace could define the ambitions and bargaining capabilities of either side in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The writer concludes that if we are ever able to see real peace and compromise, then both sides must agree formally and finally to the conditions of Resolution 242 and its implications of lasting peace.