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archy had been toppled in a coup organized by a group of army officers led by a stridently pan- Arabist — and anti-Israeli — lieutenant colonel named Gamal Abdel Nasser. Egypt began providing not just tacit support for the fedayeen in Gaza, but arming and training them and helping organize cross-border attacks. Then,
ter Israel had defeated the armies of our three main Arab enemies — Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Israeli forces were advancing on a Jordanian town called Karameh, across the 5 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011476 Jordan River from the West Bank, from which a fledgling group called Fatah, under the command of Arafat, had b
archy had been toppled in a coup organized by a group of army officers led by a stridently pan- Arabist — and anti-Israeli — lieutenant colonel named Gamal Abdel Nasser. Egypt began providing not just tacit support for the fedayeen in Gaza, but arming and training them and helping organize cross-border attacks. Then,
ter Israel had defeated the armies of our three main Arab enemies — Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Israeli forces were advancing on a Jordanian town called Karameh, across the 5 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027853 Jordan River from the West Bank, from which a fledgling group called Fatah, under the command of Arafat, had b
ee Officers Movement. 18 June 1953 The Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) abolishes the monarchy and proclaims the Republic of Egypt. 23 June 1956 Gamal Abdel Nasser is elected President of the Republic of Egypt. 26 July 1956 President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal. 29 October 1956 Suez Crisis. Isr
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023151 →eights. 1 September 1967 Khartoum Resolution of the three ‘Noes’. 22 November 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242. 21 March 1968 The battle of Karameh between Israel and Fatah and Jordanian forces. First direct military confrontation between Israeli and Palestinian forces. 17 July 1968 The Palestini
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023152 →Entities connected to both Gamal Abdel Nasser and Karameh

Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
Saddam Hussein
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Lebanon
LOCATION
Barack Obama
PERSON
Cairo
LOCATION
George W. Bush
PERSON
Tunisia
LOCATION
Damascus
LOCATION
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Middle East
LOCATION
United States
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Fatah
ORGANIZATIONthe West Bank
LOCATION
Yasser Arafat
PERSON
Ehud Barak
PERSON
Beirut
LOCATION
Hafez al-Assad
PERSON