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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/Remembering-the-1973-war-327600
"Defensible Borders" Saved Israel in Yom Kippur War
(Jerusalem Post) Efraim Inbar - One important factor that led to the IDF's recuperation after the initial surprise of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 was the fact that the fighting started at defensible borders and not in proximity to Israel's heartland. The "1967 borders" could have hardly allowed the IDF to regroup and counterattack. This is an important lesson for the future that seems to have been internalized by a significant part of Israel's decision-makers. The writer is director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University.