The Suez Crisis, 1956
•In 1955 Egypt and Russia align with each other
•1956 Egypt begins to get arms from Czechoslovakia
•Gamal Nasser begins to threaten Israel
•Egyptian leader
•USA reacts by pulling out of the Aswan Dam project in Egypt
•Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal
•Doesn't let jewish people go through now
•The Israelis attack first under their policies
•They had a secret deal that the Fr and Br would join in once this happened
•This angered the Americans and they threaten to cut off the oil if they did not back out
*The crisis is resolved by the introduction of UN Peacekeeping force (Lester B. Pearson’s idea)
•Israels economy flourishes under the secure conditions
•Changes the influence of power in the region from British and French to Russian and American
•1956 Egypt begins to get arms from Czechoslovakia
•Gamal Nasser begins to threaten Israel
•Egyptian leader
•USA reacts by pulling out of the Aswan Dam project in Egypt
•Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal
•Doesn't let jewish people go through now
•The Israelis attack first under their policies
•They had a secret deal that the Fr and Br would join in once this happened
•This angered the Americans and they threaten to cut off the oil if they did not back out
*The crisis is resolved by the introduction of UN Peacekeeping force (Lester B. Pearson’s idea)
•Israels economy flourishes under the secure conditions
•Changes the influence of power in the region from British and French to Russian and American
Shouldn't the French get a say in who passes through the canal seeing as they were the ones to make it?
Summary
The Canal is nationalized and the Egyptians start preventing jewish people from trading through the canal. The U.N. Steps in and Jewish's economy flourishes in turn.