27.04.2012                      05.Ijar. 5772                    Tag 20 des Omer

Geschichte:

Newly released documents shed light on fateful exchange in the wake of the Yom Kippur War

Not long after the end of the Yom Kippur War, three young officers unburdened themselves in a hearing at army headquarters with two higher-ranking colleagues. The minutes of that meeting have been made available for public perusal.

"We are all to blame,” said Maj.-Gen. ‏(res.‏) Meir Zorea, thereby preempting by four days President Ephraim Katzir. “I would hang people and sever heads and also replace the government of Israel.”
The date was November 20, 1973, less than four weeks after the cease-fire had taken effect on the Egyptian front in the Yom Kippur War. On the Syrian front, the situation had stabilized, but there was still occasional fire. The day after Zorea spoke, under pressure from the public, the Agranat Commission would arise to investigate part of the war: namely, the lead-up to its outbreak and its first three days….