It’s time to acknowledge that in its 77-year history, Israel has made some critically painful mistakes.

After the 1973 Yom Kippur War, during which as many as 2,800 Israeli soldiers had lost their lives, the Agranat Commission was established to investigate Israeli intelligence failures.

It was found that the military and intelligence community failed to establish the gravity of the Egyptian military build-up along the Chaim Bar-Lev Line. They also felt that they failed to establish that Syria would enter the war, assuming it would only follow Egypt’s lead.

This marked not only a turning point in Israeli military strategy but a profound moment of national introspection. The commission’s findings reverberated throughout the country, prompting widespread debate about leadership, account

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