The last time the Knesset convened during the festival of Sukkot was on October 16, 1973. Prime Minister Golda Meir stood before the plenum to announce that the IDF had crossed the Suez Canal into Egyptian territory. That was the moment it became clear to everyone that the tide of the Yom Kippur War had turned. The leader of the opposition, Menachem Begin, rose after her and quoted Winston Churchill:...