David Ben-Gurion Replaces Moshe Sharett as Prime Minister

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.

Egypt announces that all ships seeking to enter the Straits of Tiran must obtain Egyptian permits beforehand.

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...

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.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles announces that the US is withdrawing the offer of providing $56 million toward the construction of the Aswan High Dam.

In an address in Alexandria, President Gamal Abdel Nasser announces that Egypt has nationalized the Suez Canal Company: all company assets in Egypt have been frozen, and stockholders would be...

In an address to the national convention of his Mapai Party, Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion says that peace and security wil not be established in the Middle East unless Israel is assured...