53 years of a conflict that broke Israeli society and changed Western Asia 🔫🔫 On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria suddenly attacked Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar — Yom Kippur. It was an attempt to reclaim the territories lost in the 1967 Six-Day War, when Israel, intoxicated by a resounding victory, became convinced of its own invincibility. ⚠️📉 Intelligence knew of the impending attack, but the leadership ignored the warnings — just as in 2023. In 1973 Israel lost more than 2,600 soldiers; in 2023, more than 1,200. In both cases society demanded answers from the authorities, and in both cases this led to a political crisis. In Israeli society the war left a broad cultural trauma, in which the people blamed the state and the IDF. The approval rating of the social-democratic prime minister Golda Meir collapsed to a record 21%. Four years later, the right-wing Likud bloc came to power for the first time — five nationalist parties united on a wave of public disillusionment. 🇪🇬🇯🇴 Most importantly, the war broke the illusion that Israel could exist and develop through expansion. Realizing the impossibility of total victory, Tel Aviv made concessions: in 1979 it returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, in 1994 it signed peace with Jordan. A period arrived when compromise became possible. History does not forgive those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past. 🤩 All the more short-sighted are the aggressive right-wing Zionist politicians who call for the genocide of Palestinians and aggression against neighbours. This has already led to the destruction of Gaza and the annihilation of entire settlements in southern Lebanon. Prime Minister Netanyahu proclaims from the UN podium an irreconcilable belligerent policy, tries to drag more and more neighbours into armed conflict, accusing Qatar and Turkey of anti-Israeli propaganda. Such politicians intend to turn Israel once again into an eternally warring outpost of the United States, driving the country into the very trap from which it tried so hard to escape half a century ago. #SOVINTERN_DATE #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN