Not along time ago , Egypt celebrated the glorious victory of October, which is a source of pride for every Egyptian citizen . Due to the keenness of Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences to spread knowledge and correct misconceptions among its students. It held a symposium under the supervision of Prof. Mamdouh Ismail, Vice Dean for the Community Service and  Environmental Development an educational symposium entitled (The Glorious October War (Truth and Fabrication)) on Tuesday, the eighteenth of October 2022,  and pleased to introduce Major General Hesham Al-Halaby, the advisor at the Nasser Military Academic and member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs to lead this symposium .

Prof Mamdouh Ismail started to talk about the importance of the symposium and the messages it carries and Dr. Al-Halaby started his talk by saying that the most precious thing that Egypt have is its ambitious youth who seeks to gain knowledge and Assertion the doubt with certainty regarding his knowledge. In order to really do this we need to find out the answer to some common questions regarding October war ...

Why did Israel occupied Sinai in 1976:

‘’ The answer is because of the strategic depth of occupied Palestine is hardly there which means that , wars inside it are definitely lost , so their best alternative is to fight outside the Palestinian lands ‘’ al Halaby said . Sinai was the best place to do so because it has Suez canal which works as a  perfect fortification for Israel in addition to An earthen berm was also equipped and was armed with soldiers . Not only that, Israel also built ( The Bar Lev Line ) which was a chain of fortifications built by Israel along the eastern area of the Suez Canal which they claimed is Impenetrable. Several states were interfering as a meditator between Egypt and Israel but they failed because Israel refused the principle of (Land For Peace ).  

But why does Israel accepted the same principle(Land For Peace ) after the war?

Dr. al Halaby assured that Israel surrender happened because Egypt has broke down the Israeli theory of security which was claimed to be unbroken. And what is considered as a real miracle is the used military equipment and weapons which was so primitive comparing to the American and Israeli ones. So it was destined for war to happen within the limits of Egypt's limited possibilities.

Why Egypt did not continue the war despite its overwhelming victory?

 A question repeated by many - as emphasized by Dr. Al-Halaby - what is the reason behind the decision to stop the war?! . the answer is simply in the famous said ‘’ who win knows well when to fight and when to stop fighting ‘’.

And he explained that , the most important decision al Sadat president took is the decision to stop the war, and that is what he made when he found himself facing a war with the United States not Israel as claimed and that’s why Al Sadat asked USA to determine its position toward the war .as  Al Sadat said in his speech to end the war, which we saw in a video presented by Major General Al-Halaby during the symposium. The decision to stop the war was one of the wisest decisions at that time, because the long war was inevitably lost , especially with the continued support and positions of the United States and Israel.

Dr. Al Halaby also presented some videos of the (SR-71) Strategic reconnaissance aircraft that the United States launched , that is more than three times the speed of sound and that was not preceded in the whole world, and the pilots themselves agreed on the tight corner in which Israel exists as said  in the SR Blackbird book which is the largest in the history of the United States militarily processes . Egypt set out uniquely to realize the saying of the Chinese thinker Sun Tzu (He who conquers knows how to deal with various forms of power).

Was peace only restoring Sinai and forgetting the Palestinian cause?

According to what Dr. said. Al-Halaby , according to the preamble of peace treaty , it said that this peace is not only between Egypt an Israel , it is also including the neighboring countries and that is already signed by Israel and witnessed by USA .

Is Sinai deficient in sovereignty, as some claimed?

Dr. Al-Halaby replied that according to the global definition of sovereignty, Egypt has  a full control over Sinai lands internally and externally, as the peace treaty recognized in Clause (a) of third Article that both Egypt and Israel recognize the sovereignty of each others over their lands.

At the end  of the symposium ,  Major General explained how Egypt had exploited the war to its side and  compared between one of AL Sadat speeches and president Al-Sisi speech of 6^th of October anniversary in which he indicated that Egyptian soldiers are always able to protect their lands.

And he ended up by answering some of the students questions. Then the college administration was honored to grant His Excellency the shield of the College of Economics and Political Science in gratitude for his presence and his contribution to correcting some misconceptions regarding one of the most important points of pride in Egypt’s military and national history which is the Glorious War of October.

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