The Golda Meir Government Prior to the Yom Kippur War – Reply to Yigal Kipnis Hagai Tsoref This article looks at the Golda Meir government ’ s diplomatic negotiations with Egypt between 1969 and 1974 , especially in the months preceding the Yom Kippur War . The author analyzes the political deadlock in the years leading up to the war and challenges the claim that the bulk of the blame lies with the Israeli government . He describes how Israeli policy went from a harsh and intransigent stance ( until 1971 ) to a two - track stratagem that promoted gradual progress towards an interim agreement on the Suez Canal , while it rejected any threat to Israel ’ s basic interests . Throughout this period Meir tried to persuade Egypt to open secret negotiations , but to no avail . In the Conclusion , the author deals with two controversial military issues related to Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan in the days leading up to the war . The First Yitzhak Rabin Government and the Advancement of the Interim ...
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