• @NotMyOldRedditName
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    29 days ago

    Serious question: was Israel really occupied at any point in time during, this or past, post maybe nuclear power times?

    I don’t think a short term raid that’s immediately repelled necessarily counts as occupation in this sense.

    My Israel history is also very limited

    • YTG123
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      529 days ago

      I don’t know much history either. Maybe Sinai in the Yom-Kippur war (1973)?

      • @NotMyOldRedditName
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        Sinai in the Yom-Kippur

        I think that seems reasonable fair to count?

        Edit: US Gov was convinced in '75 but that’s only by the point they were convinced, and its quite possible it was prior.

        Edit: just reading more, but this was a pretty cool event from the war

        The Egyptian Army put great effort into finding a quick and effective way of breaching the Israeli defenses. The Israelis had built large 18-metre (59 foot) high sand walls with a 60-degree slope and reinforced with concrete at the water line. Egyptian engineers initially experimented with explosive charges and bulldozers to clear the obstacles, before a junior officer proposed using high pressure water cannons. The idea was tested and found to be a sound one, and several high pressure water cannons were imported from Britain and East Germany. The water cannons effectively breached the sand walls using water from the canal.

        • @dessimbelackis
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          Fucking Britain lmao. Sets up Zionist Israel then sells water cannons to the Egyptians invading Israel. I’m sure it was private business but still hilarious.