- Dr. Hanan Shai
- October 6, 2020
- Paper No. 1770
Although Israeli PM Golda Meir lacked military knowledge, her questions during government discussions on the eve of the Yom Kippur War exposed the fact that deterrence and early warning, the two cornerstones of Israelโs security conception, had not been adequately addressed. If the IDF officers and the many bithonistimย (officials with a security background) in her government had heeded her questions, the war could have gone very differently and perhaps even have been averted. ย ย