henry kissinger helped bring an end to the yom kippur war using shuttle diplomacy.
henry kissinger helped bring an end to the yom kippur war using shuttle diplomacy.
who helped bring an end to the yom kippur war using shuttle diplomacy?
henry kissinger
shuttle diplomacy









































in diplomacy and international relations, shuttle diplomacy is the action of an outside party in serving as an intermediary between (or among) principals in a dispute, without direct principal-to-principal contact. originally and usually, the process entails successive travel ("shuttling") by the intermediary, from the working location of one principal, to that of another. 









































the term was first applied to describe the efforts of united states secretary of state henry kissinger, beginning november 5, 1973, which facilitated the cessation of hostilities following the yom kippur war.
shuttle diplomacy
in 1973, egypt and syria had launched a joint surprise attack against israel, seeking to re-take land lost in the six-day war of 1967. however, early arab success gave way to an israel military victory in what became known as the yom kippur war. although an initial cease fire had been implemented to end active conflict in the yom kippur war, kissinger's continuing shuttle diplomacy was showing little progress. ford disliked what he saw as israeli "stalling" on a peace agreement, and wrote, "[israeli] tactics frustrated the egyptians and made me mad as hell." during kissinger's shuttle to israel in early march 1975, a last minute reversal to consider further withdrawal, prompted a cable from ford to prime minister yitzhak rabin, which included:
presidency of gerald ford