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In 1956, Nasser seized the [[Suez Canal]] from the French and British companies that controlled it. His plan was to nationalize the canal to raise money to build the [[Aswan Dam]], and needed cash after the Americans and British withdrew a pledge to help fund it. But Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal created the “[[Suez Crisis]]” for a week because many nations, including [[Israel]], relied on the Canal for shipping. The British and French provided air support for an invasion by Israeli troops into the Sinai peninsula, which easily overcame Egyptian resistance which had pulled back most of their forces to protect the canal. But then the [[Soviet Union]] threatened to intervene on behalf of Egypt, creating a wider conflict and a risk of a world war. Nasser was allowed to keep the canal, and international pressure by the United States caused Britain, France and Israel to back off.<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/World_History_Lecture_Thirteen</ref> The Aswan dam was built, in part with Soviet economic aid.
In 1956, Nasser seized the [[Suez Canal]] from the French and British companies that controlled it. His plan was to nationalize the canal to raise money to build the [[Aswan Dam]], and needed cash after the Americans and British withdrew a pledge to help fund it. But Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal created the “[[Suez Crisis]]” for a week because many nations, including [[Israel]], relied on the Canal for shipping. The British and French provided air support for an invasion by Israeli troops into the Sinai peninsula, which easily overcame Egyptian resistance which had pulled back most of their forces to protect the canal. But then the [[Soviet Union]] threatened to intervene on behalf of Egypt, creating a wider conflict and a risk of a world war. Nasser was allowed to keep the canal, and international pressure by the United States caused Britain, France and Israel to back off.<ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/World_History_Lecture_Thirteen</ref> The Aswan dam was built, in part with Soviet economic aid.
==Soviet ally==
==Soviet ally & Before/after Six-Day war==
In the years that followed the Suez Canal crisis, Soviet arms shipments caused Egypt to become the most powerful Arab nation in the Middle East. Nasser relished the role of being the spokesperson for the Arab world and used Egyptian power outside of his borders, being military involved in the war in [[Yemen]].
In the years that followed the Suez Canal crisis, Soviet arms shipments caused Egypt to become the most powerful Arab nation in the Middle East. Nasser relished the role of being the spokesperson for the Arab world and used Egyptian power outside of his borders, being military involved in the war in [[Yemen]].
After the defeat of the Suez Canal crisis Nasser still continued his tirades against Israel. In 1965 he announced: “We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood”. In May 1967 Nasser forced the UN Emergency Force to leave the Sinai Peninsula, where they were stationed since 1957 which led to the [[Six Day War]].<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263102/six-day-war-remembered-joseph-puder</ref> Egypt's horrible defeat at the hands of Israel in the Six Day War devastated Nasser. He never truly recovered and died of a heart attack in 1970.
After the defeat of the Suez Canal crisis Nasser still continued his tirades against Israel. In 1965 he announced: “We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood”. In May 1967 Nasser forced the UN Emergency Force to leave the Sinai Peninsula, where they were stationed since 1957 which led to the [[Six Day War]].<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/263102/six-day-war-remembered-joseph-puder</ref>
Documented<ref name=preventww3/> Nasser's prolonged annihilation campaign since 1955 and even after 196u Six-Day War:<blockquote>
Nasser Talks Peace...
Before the Six-Day War...
"Egypt will be glad when her army and that of Syria will meet on the ruins of this treacherous people, the Zionist gangs."
(Speech in Cairo, 18 December 1955)
"We want a decisive battle to annihilate that germ, Israel."
(Speech in Alexandria, 26 July, 1959)
"We will launch a full-scale war when the right moment arrives."
(Radio Cairo, 18 May, 1962)
"Our aim is ... the creation of a unified and continuous Arab region, from which Israel will be eliminated."
(Message to Arab Students Convention, London, 15 May 1965 )
"The national Arab goal is the eradication of Israel."
(Joint Communique with President of Iraq, 25 May 1965)
"We aim at the destruction of the State of Israel."
(Speech in Cairo , 18 November 1965)
"The Arab people is firmly resolved to wipe Israel off the map."
(Radio Cairo, 25 May, 1967)
"The Arab people want to fight ... We have been waiting for the right time, when we would be completely ready Now the war will be total: its objective will be the annihilation of Israel."
(Speech to Pan-Arab Trade Unions, Cairo, 26 May 1967)
"Israel's very existence is aggression."
(Press Conference, Cairo, 28 May 1967)
"In the light of the blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba, two possibilities are open to Israel, each one of them soaked in blood: either she will die from strangulation of the Arab military and economic blockade, or she will die in the hail of bullets of the Arab forces surrounding her in the south, the north and the east."
(Radio Cairo, 30 May, 1967)
"Destroy them and lay them waste and liberate Palestine. Your hour has come . Woe to you Israel. The arab nation has come to wipe out your people and to settle the account. This is your end, Israel. All the Arabs must take revenge for 1948. This is a moment of historic importance to our Arab people and to the holy war. Conquer the land."
(The "Voice of the Arabs" Radio Cairo, 5 June, 1967)
... and after the Six Day War
"No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with Israel."
(At Arab Summit Conference, Khartoum, 1 September 1967)
"The war has not ended , it has only begun ... When the time comes , we will strike."
(Radio Cairo , 23 November 1967 — one day after U.N. Security Council Resolution calling for peace settlement)
"The Arab nation has decided to embark on the path of war We will move to the containment of Israel, and after that to ... its eradication."
(Radio Cairo, 10 April 1968)
"No recognition of Israel , no negotiations with Israel , no peace with Israel We aim at the destruction of the State of Israel."
(At Congress of Arab Socialist Union, Cairo, 23 July 1968)
"The Fatah ... fulfill a vital task in sapping the enemy's strength and draining his blood . . . The U.A.R. appreciates the attitude taken by the Palestinian organizations in rejecting the Security Council Resolution of November 1967... This Resolution may serve the purpose of eliminating the consequences of the aggression and to lead to total Israel withdrawal but it is inadequate for determining the fate of Palestine ... The U.A.R. places all its resources at the disposal of these organizations."
(Speech in Egyptian National Assembly , 20 January 1969)
"The Six-Day War was, in actual fact, the prelude to a war which has not yet ended."
(Speech to Pan-Arab Trade Unions, Cairo, 29 January 1969)</blockquote>
Egypt's horrible defeat at the hands of Israel in the Six Day War devastated Nasser. He never truly recovered and died of a heart attack in 1970.
== References ==
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