Editing Yom Kippur War (section)

===Response in Israel===
Though the war reinforced Israel's military deterrence, it had a stunning effect on the population in Israel. Following their victory in the Six-Day War, the Israeli military had become complacent. The shock and sudden reversals that occurred at the beginning of the war inflicted a terrible psychological blow to the Israelis, who had hitherto experienced no serious military challenges.{{sfnp|Rabinovich|2004|pp=497–498}}

A protest against the Israeli government started four months after the war ended. It was led by [[Motti Ashkenazi]], commander of Budapest, the northernmost of the Bar-Lev forts and the only one during the war not to be captured by the Egyptians.{{sfnp|Rabinovich|2004|p=499}} Anger against the Israeli government (and Dayan in particular) was high. [[Shimon Agranat]], President of the [[Supreme Court of Israel|Israeli Supreme Court]], was asked to lead an inquiry, the Agranat Commission, into the events leading up to the war and the setbacks of the first few days.{{sfnp|Rabinovich|2004|p=501}}

[[Shmuel Gonen]], commander of the Southern front, was recommended by the initial report to be relieved of active duty.{{sfnp|Rabinovich|2004|p=502}} He was forced to leave the army after the publication of the Commission's final report, on 30 January 1975, which found that "he failed to fulfill his duties adequately, and bears much of the responsibility for the dangerous situation in which our troops were caught."<ref>{{citation
 |title        = Findings of the Agranat Commission
 |publisher    = The Jewish Agency for Israel
 |at           = 30 January
 |url          = http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline6f.html
 |editor       = Chani Hinker
 |access-date  = 14 November 2016
 |archive-date = 3 December 2008
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081203153941/http://www.jafi.org.il/education/jafi75/timeline6f.html
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>{{better source needed |date=June 2023 |reason=archive restored, but the quote does not appear on the page, and the page it links has not been archived. most web sources appear to postdate this article and several of them cite wikipedia as their source. the primary source is in hebrew and I've been unable to locate it.}}

Rather than quieting public discontent, the report—which "had stressed that it was judging the ministers' responsibility for security failings, not their parliamentary responsibility, which fell outside its mandate"—inflamed it. Although it had absolved Meir and Dayan of all responsibility, public calls for their resignations (especially Dayan's) intensified.{{sfnp|Rabinovich|2004|p=502}}

On 11 April 1974, Golda Meir resigned. Her cabinet followed suit, including Dayan, who had previously offered to resign twice and was turned down both times by Meir. A new government was seated in June and Yitzhak Rabin, who had spent most of the war as an advisor to Elazar in an unofficial capacity, became prime minister.{{sfnp|Rabinovich|2004|p=237}}