Ben-Gurion is subsequently restored to leadership of…

Ben-Gurion is subsequently restored to leadership of the Mapai government.

However, conflict between him and Sharett leads to the latter's resignation as foreign minister.

Ben-Gurion's biggest concern is the rising power of Nasser.

By October 1955, Nasser has signed the agreement to buy arms from the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, while U. S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses to supply Israel with weapons.

Sharett had hoped that vigorous international diplomacy might relieve Israel's insecurity.

It has not.

Ben-Gurion has a different approach, and he soon begins to plan a preemptive attack against Egypt before that country's new weaponry gives it strategic superiority.