Investigation of the Yom Kippur War 1973

Investigation of the Yom Kippur War 1973

In this investigation one will find the long term and short term

causes of the Yom Kippur war. This was achieved by reading various

sources about the war and the events that were prior to the war. Thus

for this investigation the research question is called "what were the

causes of the Yom Kippur war of 1973." By researching about the war

one came across various sources some very reliable and some not so

dependable thus the evaluation of sources shows how reliable and

valuable the investigation's two main sources are. From each source of

the sources one took the liberty of extracting relevant information

about the war thus all the events that were related to the war are

shown in the summary of evidence section. Finally, the analysis and

conclusion part of the investigation came about by taking all the

evidence into account and analyzing each cause, and then making an

over all conclusion relating to all the causes, analysis, and the

whole investigation.

SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE:

The causes of the Yom Kippur war one can date it back all the way to

November 2 1917. This day was the day when the British assured the

Jews that in Palestine they would gain a national home which they

could call as their own. The British assured the Jews this by issuing

the Balfour Declaration (www.mideastweb.org). However, the day Israel

gained its own state on May 15 1948 the majority of the Arabs felt

insecure and unjust. Thus, the Arabs on the same day declared war on

the newly Jewish state of Israel, which in the end the Israelis

managed to win; one can say that this is another long term cause of

the Yom Ki...

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...e a state of their own which they could call home. This

mainly due to prevent another holocaust from occurring again, thus the

birth place of Judaism was given to the Jews as their own state,

Israel was created. However, the Palestinians and the Arab nations

surrounding Israel obviously were not pleased with this, thus Nasser's

plans of putting aggression policies towards Israel were widely

accepted in the region. Even though Nasser had failed over and over to

achieve his aim of throwing out the Jewish state in an Arab "ocean"

the Middle East. Thus after, Nasser had died his aggressive policies

had given Israel a negative impression, thus when Sadat came to power

his peaceful solutions were neglected, therefore Sadat's impatience

got the best of him and thus he declared war on Israel and started off

the Yom Kippur war.