The War of Attrition (I): Challenging National Conceptions

Rav Mike Feuer on The War of Attrition (I): Challenging National Conceptions - image of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
What did President Gamal Abdel Nasser mean by a 'war of attrition' with Israel in the wake of the Six Day War that humiliated Egypt and the Arab world?

Changing our conceptions can be challenging, for nations as well as individuals. Israel’s stunning victory in 1967 brought many blessings, but it also posed certain challenges in how to understand the post-war reality. Here is the first episode on the War of Attrition, a conflict so poorly understood that many people don’t even know it happened.

 

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