Yom Kippur War


Golda Meir
Born in Kiev in 1898, Golda Meir grew up in The United States from age eight until twenty-three, when she moved with her husband Morris Myerson to what was then British Mandate Palestine. For the first few years, they lived on Kibbutz Merhavya. Golda became an official of the Histadrut […]

Golda Meir


Yom Kippur War
Although Israel was taken by surprise at the start of the Yom Kippur War of 1973, the only real surprise was the timing of the attack. After the end of the War of Attrition, it was evident to the Israeli defense establishment that Egypt would not tolerate Israeli forces being […]

Yom Kippur War 1973