The year is 1956 with the help of their allies: Great Britain, and the United States.
Israel has always been located right where it is now, even before the Suez Canal was constructed.
The Suez Canal in 1956
The UK, France, and Israel fought Egypt over the rights to the Suez Canal.
The Suez Canal.
Yes and No. It's in Egypt and built nearly a century before Israel existed. However, due to Egypt's belligerence towards Israel between 1948-1979, the Suez Canal was illegally closed off to Israeli shipping. In 1956, this prompted a war from Israel to acquire control of the Canal to offset the Egyptian blockade of the Straits of Tiran. In 1967, Israel conquered all of the Sinai Peninsula up to the Suez Canal, which was only ceded back to Egypt in 1979.
The Suez Canal Crisis has nothing to do with the Palestinian Arabs. It was a conflict between Egyptian National Interests and those of Israel, France, and the United Kingdom concerning control of the Suez Canal.
The Nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 provoked conflict between Egypt on the one hand and Britain, France, and Israel on the other. So, the body of water is the Suez Canal.
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The Suez Crisis took place when the nation of Egypt decided to nationalize the Suez Canal. Israel and Great Britain attacked Egypt because of it.
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The Sinai Campaign of 1956. The port was that of Suez (the Suez Canal).
Suez conflict, France and Israel reacting to Egypt blocking the Canal.