There is no sense in talking about peace with Israel. My task is to deliver the Arab world from destruction through Israeli intrigue, which has its roots abroad. On October 14, Nasser made clear his intent of attacking Israel:” I am not solely fighting against Israel itself.
A third of this shipping was British- which is why in October Prime Minister Anthony Eden made a dramatic public declaration:” The Egyptian has his thumb on our windpipe!” (1). To recoup his losses he decided to charge dues on all shipping using the canal. In July 1956, after the withdrawal of British and American funds that would have financed the building of a dam at Aswan on the Upper Nile, Egyptian leader Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser seized control of the Suez Canal and declared it nationalized.
