http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kipur_War

The Egyptians and Syrians advanced during the first 24–48 hours, after which momentum began to swing in Israel's favor. By the second week of the war, the Syrians had been pushed entirely out of the Golan Heights. In the Sinai to the south, the Israelis had struck at the "seam" between two invading Egyptian armies, crossed the Suez Canal (where the old ceasefire line had been), and cut off an entire Egyptian army just as a United Nations cease-fire came into effect.



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The war had far-reaching implications for many nations. The Arab world, which had been humiliated by the lopsided defeat of the Egyptian-Syrian-Jordanian alliance during the Six-Day War, felt psychologically vindicated by its string of victories early in the conflict.

الموضوع كله من الأول للآخر كان رغبة في رد الإعتبار و كأني أشبه بقزم يصارع عملاق ويرفعه العملاق لفوق على كتفه فيعلن القزم عندئذ الانتصار ويحس بمعنويات مرتفعة بما أنه في أعلى مكانة: فوق كتف العملاق شخصيا.