Egypt Restricts Passage Through Strait of Tiran

Iraq and Turkey sign in Baghdad a "pact of mutual cooperation," which becomes known as the Baghdad Pact and will be joined by Britain, Pakistan, and Iran, to counter Moscow 's rising influence in...

Israel begins a surprise attack on an Egyptian military post near Gaza city, killing 38 soldiers; the attack follows raids by young Palestinians, one of which was carried by a cell organized by Khalil...

The measure condemns a "planned attack ordered by Israel authorities" against the Egyptian regular army forces as a violation of the cease-fire provisions of Security Council Resolution 54 (1948)...

The Egyptian government adopts "Basic Law for the Region under Egyptian Military Control in Palestine" (the Gaza Strip ), to replace the Palestine Order in Council of 1922 (considered the Constitution...

The Arab League reopens an information office called the Arab Information Center (AIC) in New York.

Having sought to purchase arms from the United States to no avail, Gamal Abdel Nasser reaches an agreement with the Soviet Union to buy arms; the deal is signed with Czechoslovakia and includes more...

The two contracting states "affirm their desire for the maintenance of security and peace and their determination and resolve to settle all their international disputes by peaceful means." They...

Following the 26 July election of the third Knesset, David Ben-Gurion, the leader of Mapai, assumes the position of Prime Minister of Israel.

The measure condemns Israel's attack on Syria of 11 December 1955 as a flagrant violation of the cease-fire provisions of Security Council Resolution 54 (1948), of the terms of the General Armistice...

Egypt prevents the Greek vessel Pannegia, carrying a cargo of cement, from traveling through the Suez Canal en route from Haifa to Eilat.