OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.

1973 oil crisis

OAPEC petroleum embargo

In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against countries that had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a…