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2 ) The Kippur War ( 1973 ) : ____________________ won this war , but with many difficulties . This had major ____________________ .

1 It created a sens of urgency on the Israeli side : It showed that the ____________________ had recovered after the 1967 war and still were a ____________________ . They had launched the war and had not been that time ____________________ defeated .

2 As a major power , The ____________________ became preoccupied by the Arab oil ____________________ . Oil prices quadrupled . It was nothing else but an ____________________ war initiated by the Arabs to make Israel return the territories acquired in ____________________ . It was vital for the US to reach out to the Arab side to keep the oil flow at a reasonable price .

From that war Arab - Israeli peace became an American interest . The US had now to deal with a tension : keeping their ____________________ to Israel and considering the Arabs claims . So the ____________________ administration decide to mediate and to reducte the conflict . Nixon's best diplomat Henry Kissinger initiated shuttle diplomacy : going from Egypt to Israel , to Syria . And this active ____________________ reduced the chance of another military conflict . The seeds for Camp David agreement were then layed out .