Nasser, whose priority is domestic development, emerges…
January 1953 CE
Nasser, whose priority is domestic development, emerges as a reluctant champion of the Arab struggle against Israel.
He envisions a pan-Arab movement led by Egypt that will expel the British from the Middle East, efface Israel, and restore Islamic grandeur.
Egypt begins sponsoring acts of violence against Israel from the Gaza Strip and cuts off shipping through the Strait of Tiran.
The British are understandably hostile to Nasser, as are the French, who are battling Islamic nationalists in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
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