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October 25, 2023

The Israeli State Failed, but the Israeli People Triumphed

The spirit of ’48.

Whatever judgment one passes on the political and military leadership of 1973, there is no doubt that the heroism of rank-and-file Israeli soldiers and midlevel officers averted disaster. (Take, for instance, Zvika Greengold, who almost-singlehandedly repelled an entire Syrian tank battalion on the first day of the war.) Something similar happened at the beginning of the current crisis. Ran Baratz examines Israelis’ response, and finds evidence not just of heroism, but of a Zionist triumph:

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October 25, 2023

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    The spirit of ’48.

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