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...because Israel was angry towards Egypt after Nassar blocked off the Straits of Tiran and there were numerous raids by Egyptian-supported commandos into Israel during 1955–56.
These were the major motivations for all participating countries.
Furthermore, Israel was granted access to the Strait of Tiran, and Egypt retained control of the Suez Canal
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• Britain – two new bombers that hadn’t been tested yet
• America and Egypt had promised to fund Egypt’s construction of the Aswan High Dam, but did not fulfill because of Egypt’s growing ties with communist Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union
• Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, declared martial law in the canal zone and seized control of the Suez Canal Company - believed that the tolls collected from ships passing through the canal would pay for the Aswan High Dam’s construction in five years’ time.
• The Suez Canal (Egypt) was owned by the Suez Canal Company, controlled by the British and French
• Suez Canal’s importance - one of the world’s most heavily used shipping lanes, used by B and F to ship petroleum from Persian Gulf
• Aswan High Dam’s importance – controls the annual Nile flood into Egypt, irrigation, generate electricity
• Straits of Tiran’s importance – Israeli shipping, basic freedom of navigation
As a result of the Crisis, Israel occupied the Sinai Peninsula from the end of the crisis in November 1956 until March 1957
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