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The armed attempt by Egypt and Syria in 1973 to reclaim Sinai and the Golan Heights from Israel. Militarily it had little success; but politically it marked a turning point in favour of the Arab states. This was initially reflected in some subsequent Israeli disengagement from Arab occupied territory, engineered through the shuttle diplomacy of Henry Kissinger.
Since the Arab attack was launched on 6 October, that year\'s Israeli religious holiday of Yom Kippur – the Jewish Day of Atonement – the War is often referred to in Israel as the Yom Kippur War. In the Arab world it is known as the War of Ramadan, because it broke out during that year\'s month of Muslim fasting in daylight hours.
See also Six-Day War. |
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