Kafr Qasim Massacre

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...

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

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.

British paratroopers, supported by troops airlifted by helicopter, land at al-Gamil airfield, while 500 French paratroopers land at al-Raswa.

Soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin threatens to intervene in support of Egypt, accusing Israel of supporting European colonialism and chastising French prime minister Guy Mollet, a socialist, for his...