50 years ago, Israel was nearly destroyed - Israel Today

Israel Defense Forces troops firing at Syrian targets on the northern front during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Credit: GPO.

50 years ago, Israel was nearly destroyed

And it happened because Israeli leaders waited for permission from DC to go to war.

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