Isreal Palestine

Why did the British and French bring the Israelis into the Suez Crisis?

During 1956 Nasser Gamal, the great people’s leader of Egypt plan for improving living standards in Egypt by constructing the Aswan dam. This plan was rejected by the US led World Bank because it breached their own interest in the area. Therefore, president Nasser took the Suez Canal from the Anglo-French company to fund for this great project. The nationalization of the Suez Canal by the Egyptian government in 1956 symbolized the up lifting of the façade to nearly a century of western oppression, humiliation, extortion and exploitation in the land of the Great Pyramids.

“Four years ago, right here, Farouk fled from Egypt. Today, in the name of the people I am taking charge of our company: this evening our Egyptian Canal will be run by Egyptians!”

On 26 July 1956, President Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. Hitherto, the defense of the canal had been Britain’s responsibility. The British Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, was outraged by Nasser’s move as the Canal holds such vital importance f

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This pressured the Anglo-French forces to retreat and the immediate cease-fire agreement on November 6. The British public also over threw Eden for his tyrannical policy towards the Egyptian People.

· Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia Deluxe, 1998 The Learning Company, Inc. Egypt rejected the ultimatum at once.

President Eisenhower condemned the Israeli action but also pointed out that it ‘will refrain form censuring the Israeli action if Israel declared that the purpose of the attack into Sinai was not territorial expansion’.

On the morning of October 31, the French destroyer Cresent attacked the Egyptian frigate Ibrahim Al Awwal.

The devised Sinai campaign started when a regiment of Israeli paratroopers dropped into Mitla pass on 29 October 1956. This invasion of Israeli troops into the Sinai desert of Egypt to cut of defense around the canal area is only the first of the three phases of attack that was planed.

· Whose Promised Land 1991 Murray Dixon

· Conflict in to Promised Land W. Furthermore, Israel desires to gain more territory from this invasion. com/ 2001 Cairo Daily

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. Israel accepted the plan because it was frustrated with the powerful retaliation that was made by the Palestinian people from Gaza and Jordan via attacking Israeli target and protecting their strait of Tiran from Israeli shipping.

The plan was largely unsuccessful, since Egypt, with the help of its allies passed a resolution in UN that ordered the Israeli withdraw from all of the Egyptian territory.

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