July 26, 1958 (vol. 68, iss. 23) • Page Image 4
… independence and received quick recognition from the West. Within four days, six of its Arab neighbors invaded the little Jew- ish state. The United Nations negotiated a cease-fire but it did nothing to ease the…
… enmity Arabs held for Is- rael. For the first time in cen- turies, long-feuding Arab states had a common, burning cause: hatred of Israel. Negative Pole But the pole around which Arab nationalism clustered…
… about organizing an Arab bloc and soliciting aid from both East and West. Sept. 27, 1955 -- Nasser an- nounced that Egypt would accept arms from Communist bloc coun- tries, thus giving Soviet Russia its…
… first open toehold among the Arab nations. Dec. 17, 1955 - Britain and the United States announced plans to help Egypt finance a billion dollar high dam on the Nile River at As- wan. Nasser's stock rose…
… in the Arab world. June 23, 1956 - Nasser elected President of Egypt. was U.S. Withdraws July 19, 1956 - The United States withdrew its offer to help finance the Aswan High Dam, thus upsetting…
… Nasser's economic plans. The Arab world waited tensely to see if the Egyptian president would retaliate. July 26, 1958 - Egypt nation- alized the Suez Canal and made it stick. Clearly, here was the posi…
…- tive pole around which Arab na- tionalism could cling. The United Nations tried to set up an 18-nation plan for inter- national operation of the Suez Canal. The Soviet Union, moving deeper into Mideast…
… politics on the side of the Arabs, vetoed the pro- posal. Israel Invasion Oct. 29, 1956 - Israel invaded Egypt's Sinai Peninsula in an ef- fort to wipe out bases of comman- dos who had been harassing the…