Word: misinterpreted
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Dates: during 1973-1973
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...with no clear military necessity to do so, Israel may feel it can do no less. As long as the Egyptians remained on the east bank of the canal, Israel faced the threat of fighting long into the future. It also had to worry whether the Arabs would misinterpret an Israeli decision not to drive the Egyptians from the Sinai. The Arabs could conclude that Israel was too weak for the task, encouraging Arab hawks to try to capture more ground...