Why is the second Arab and Israel war fought in 1956?

Answer 1

Answer 1

The Arab-Israeli War of 1956 (Commonly called the Suez Crisis) began when British and French forces, which were jointly controlling the Suez Canal were forced out by Gamal Abdel Nasser during his attempt to nationalize the Canal. The British and French were not interested in losing the canal to the Egyptians and neither were the Israelis. The British and French motivation was to avoid having to pay tolls and worry about crossing easily. The Israeli motivation was to be allowed to continue crossing between the Mediterranean and Red Seas as Egypt did not recognize Israel at the time.

Britain and France incentivized Israel (and joined with Israel) to attack Egypt and take the Suez Canal back. Israel successfully conquered all of the Sinai Peninsula and even landed a foothold on the west bank of the Suez Canal (which meant that they effectively controlled it). The United States, however, intervened and requested that Israel withdraw to the 1949 boundaries under the condition that Egypt return the Canal to British and French joint control.

Answer 2

Because Nasser's actions made Israel, France, and Britain angry.

Answer 2

The basic synopsis of the 1956 Arab-Israeli War (commonly called the Suez Crisis) would be to say that President Nasser of Egypt was planning to nationalize the Suez Canal, which heretofore was controlled by the British and the French. When Egypt forced the Britons and French out militarily and secured the canal, they asserted the right to choose which boats could go through and which could not. This was an abrogation of the Suez Canal's neutrality (all canals are neutral). Since Egypt opposed Israel, they banned Israeli ships. Therefore, Britain, France, and Israel all lost out due to this new arrangement that Egypt set up and declared war to achieve the pre-Nationalization status quo. Israel conquered the entire Sinai Peninsula, but gave it back to Egypt with assurances that the Suez Canal would be neutral again.

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