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Vol.1, Issue 48, October 2022

FEPS Holds a Symposium Entitled

"The Glorious War of October:
Truth and Fabrication"

Mayar Saber - level 4 - political science

Not a long time ago, Egypt celebrated the glorious victory Sinai was the best place to do so because it has the
of October, which is a source of pride for every Egyptian Suez canal which works as a perfect fortification for
citizen. Due to the keenness of Faculty of Economics and Israel, in addition to an earthen berm that was also
Political Sciences to spread knowledge and correct equipped and was armed with soldiers. Not only that,
misconceptions among its students, it held a symposium Israel also built (The Bar Lev Line) which was a chain
under the supervision of Prof. Mamdouh Ismail, Vice of fortifications built along the eastern area of the
Dean for the Community Service and Environmental Suez Canal which they claimed is impenetrable.
Development. The educational symposium entitled "The Several states were interfering as a meditator between
Glorious October War: Truth and Fabrication" was held Egypt and Israel but they failed because Israel refused
on Tuesday, the eighteenth of October 2022, and pleased the principle of (Land For Peace ).
to introduce Major General Hesham Al-Halaby, the But why did Israel accept the same principle (Land
advisor at the Nasser Military Academic and member of For Peace) after the war?
the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs to lead this Dr. Al Halaby assured that Israel surrender happened
symposium . because Egypt has broken down the Israeli theory of
Prof. Mamdouh Ismail started to talk about the importance security which was claimed to be unbroken. And what
of the symposium and the messages it carries and Dr. Al- is considered as a real miracle is the used military
Halaby started his talk by saying that the most precious equipment and weapons which were so primitive
thing that Egypt has is its ambitious youth who seek to compared to the American and Israeli ones. So it was
gain knowledge and assertion the doubt with certainty destined for war to happen within the limits of Egypt's
regarding his knowledge. In order to really do this we limited possibilities.
need to find out the answer to some common questions
regarding the 6th of October war...
Why did Israel occupy 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.

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