Ben-Gurion Addresses the Issue of Suez

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.

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...

Israeli paratroopers are air-dropped east of the Suez Canal, near the Mitla Pass.

Israeli border police killed Palestinian citizens of Israel in Kafr Qasim while a curfew was being imposed.

After sending "ultimatums" to both Egypt and Israel, Britain and France embark upon a bombing campaign against Egypt, carried out at first by bombers and later supplemented by warships in the...

After the UN Security Council was unable to resolve the "Suez crisis", due to the use by the United Kingdom and France of their veto power, the General Assembly invokes the "Uniting for Peace"...

The GA emergency session creates theUN Emergency Force (UNEF) to secure and supervise the cessation of hostilities in accordance with Resolution 997.