Tension between Israel and Syria
In 1949, what did the UN persuade Israel and Syria to agree on?

Tension between Israel and Syria
What was the issue about this agreement between Israel and Syria?
What did Israel want and what did Syria object?

Tension between Israel and Jordan
How did King Abdullah die?

Tension between Israel and Jordan
What did Palestinians in Jordan want?

Tension between Israel and Jordan
What was the problem between Israel and the Palestinians who wanted to return?

Tension between Israel and Jordan
What did the Jordanian government try to do?

Tension between Israel and Jordan
What happened in October 1953?

Tension between Israel and Egypt
How many Palestinians were there in Gaza?
After the war in 1949, who was Gaza controlled by?

Tension between Israel and Egypt
Who were the Fedayeen and what did they do?

Tension between Israel and Egypt
What did Palestinians often want to do? What were their intentions when crossing the border?

Tension between Israel and Egypt
Regardless of Palestinian intentions, how did the Israeli Defence Forces react?

Context:
The Suez Canal
When had it been built?

Context:
The Suez Canal
Significance of it to western Europe?

Context:
The Suez Canal
Problem for the Egyptians?

Nasser and the Egyptian Revolution
who was Gamal Abdel Nasser?
What was his plan?

Nasser and the Egyptian Revolution
What happened in July 1952?

When did General Naguib become president?

Who was the most powerful member of the new government? What was his main aim?

When did Nasser become president?

What did Nasser manage to persuade the British to do?

The Israeli attack on Gaza, February 1955
Why did Israel want to hit back at Egypt?

The Israeli attack on Gaza, February 1955
What did Israeli troops do in February 1955?

The Israeli attack on Gaza, February 1955
How did Nasser react?
What was he in need of?

What was the Aswan Dam?

Why did Britain and the USA believe they couls till control Naser?

How did Nasser show that he would not be pushed around?
How did the USA and Britain react?

What did Nasser announce on 26 July 1956?

How did the western powers react?

What did the Israelis want from Egypt?

When did Israeli forces invade Egypt?

What happened on the 31st October?

What happened on the 9th November?

What happened in the UN?

Winners and losers in the Suez War
Nasser: Diplomatic hero of the Arab world

Winners and losers in the Suez War
The Israelis

Winners and losers in the Suez War
Britain and France