Yom Kippur War 1973: The Egyptian Revenge - (1/4)

the death of President Gamal Abdel Nasser after 18 years in power devastated Egypt and the entire Arab world his successor Vice President Anwar Sadat was considered little more than a figurehead but nests away me me those in Nasser's inner circle initially thought they could steer policy on the course set by nasa nasa mistress and they were confident that Sadat would follow the party line the funeral was a grand occasion for the leaders of the Arab states and Nasser's Soviet allies Nasser had severed relations with America so the representative from Washington assumed he would be ignored then soldier came in his room leading his way through the crowd apparently turned out hitting the knee a soldier led Richardson away out of the site of the world's press and the watchful eye of the KGB yeah but if he said Harlem collosum star I'll say that I was trained to spot anything that was going on but it was difficult and that chaos we went downstairs the lower floor was darkened and propped up in the hospital bed who was man who had just inherited the presidency of Egypt president Sadat was resting away from the crowds after apparently suffering from heatstroke he said that he wanted to take advantage the opportunity to turn a new page in the relationship between our countries the next day said I put on a show for the American media Egypt was a Soviet client state Sadat considered Israel to be an American one the United States provide Israel from the loaf of bread to defend them to the to the even deficit in the budget itself so it is the vein of life way of life for Israel goes from the United States Sadat didn't want to negotiate with Israel himself he wanted the Americans to intervene to deliver to Egypt the territories lost in 1967 in the three years since the war Israel had established a formidable defense line along the Suez Canal 70 miles from Cairo what are you doing why I'm getting ready to blast you Israelis man why because you Israelis occupy our land the Suez Canal had been closed since 1967 sadat now told the Americans that if Israel moved back a few miles from the canal he would reopen it even to ships trading with Israel Sadat's proposal followed statements made by Moshe Dayan Israel's Defense Minister Diane said that the Sinai should eventually be returned to Egypt what we say is that we sit there just because the war is going on but once you agreed to make peace agreement we don't think that we should sit on your sewage canal go to my ear didn't want to negotiate through the Americans she wanted direct talks with Sadat in Washington President Nixon looked for the right person to urge Sadat's proposal on Golda Meir he chose Joe Cisco I can recall the words to this day he said Joe pres golden presser hard but don't cause a major Donnybrook between Israel and the United States Cisco met with the entire Israeli cabinet but only Golda Meir negotiated Golda Meir took it upon herself to do all of the talking it was interesting to see everyone here all the ministers nobody opening their mouth what they did to release their tension was sending little notes to each other I sent Diana chit saying listen well I think we could get you some supporters listen he said back a very abrupt reply saying sarcastically thank you very much but if Golda is not for this then I'm not fooling either she's good sure that something was happening that nobody was supposed to speak there and so it was very smart negotiator he asked the Prime Minister whether he's permitted to ask the Minister of Defense one question a professional question so how could she say I said to him mr. Minister if we don't do anything what do you think is going to happen they all said well I cannot imagine that any government will tolerate indefinitely a situation where a strong army is poised it's a gates of his capital he was exaggerating after all our forces invade a distance of more than hundred kilometers from Cairo and surely to war Golda Meir still insisted on direct talks the next day I walked up with these flowers rather gingerly and she said to me Oh Joe now you're saying it with flowers it won't do you any good about in Cairo Israel's rebuff almost brought about the downfall of the man who had proposed the initiative Anwar Sadat so he reversed course and tried a tactic more likely to win Arab support lead maracas at me war is now inevitable whatever the price whatever the sacrifice we will not back down now what we will not give up one centimetre of Arab land I thought of Sadat as a character out of Aida I didn't take him seriously he kept making deliquent pronouncements they never acted on them so I frankly thought he was bluffing Kissinger was too preoccupied with the Vietnam War to give the Middle East much attention even when Sadat made another offer he wondered it's real to return to the 67 borders in return for which Egypt would be willing to make peace which was a big step because not no Arab state had as yet ever flatly said that they would make peace we were in no position to handle that let me say that billion Kissinger said that told me that Kissinger had said if all you have is a problem I cannot deal with it that way but if it becomes a crisis then I can intervene Elmo Shakira Serena and I mum Connecticut disappointed with American diplomacy yet still unwilling to talk to Israel directly Sadat set out to prepare for war demons Olivia said that the al-qaeda well the High Command met at Sadat's house in Giza siddhart told us there is no hope of a peaceful solution it was and I will not surrender to Israel so our only option is war lower the lid wash horizonte he said get you back just 10 centimetres of the Sai Natha and I will negotiate a miracle Sadat then proposed a secret alliance with President Assad of Syria they agreed to plan a joint attack on Israel syria's top generals sailed to alexandria to meet their Egyptian counterparts I went on a Russian ship dressed in civilian clothes I had to fake Egyptian passport and was using an alias Jamal Hassan gelasa at the hotel the generals discussed the plans for their joint attack and decided on a special date that would be the 6th of October was Yom Kippur the Day of Atonement for the Jews it is a holy day a day of rest maybe is away she

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Id: BumWLG_v1b4

Length: 9min 36sec (576 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 08 2008