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President of the Republic of Egypt. 26 July 1956 President Nasser of Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal. 29 October 1956 Suez Crisis. Israel invades Sinai (Operation Kadesh) with the covert assent of France and the UK. 30 October 1956 France and the UK launch military operations against Egypt. 5 Novemb

eement. 27 April 1949 Opening of the Lausanne Conference convened by the United Nations’ Conciliation Commission for Palestine (UNCCP). 11 May 1949 The UN General Assembly admits Israel as UN member state through Resolution A/RES/273 (IID. 20 July 1949 Syria-Israel General Armistice Agreement. 12 December 1949 UN Gene

f emergency when it expires later this month. The United States and Egypt share many important interests, including peace with Israel, security in Sinai, the free flow of traffic through the Suez Canal and cooperation against terrorism. It is important for both nations to keep trying to work togethe

7180 Any confusion about Israel's overriding security preoccupation should have been dispelled by Prime Minister Netanyahu's October 1 address to the UN General Assembly. While pledging his readiness to make "an historic compromise with our Palestinian neighbors," Mr. Netanyahu spent the majority of his speech artic

tive of security measures taken by the military against militant Islamists, as was seen in the past week's operations in the Sinai Peninsula. The Sinai remains a buffer zone against major military forces, but not against the paramilitaries linked to radical Islamists who have increased their activi

specially, Barak laying the foundation for a potential strike. Some might argue that Israeli leaders are trying to exert pressure on Obama prior to the UN General Assembly meeting in September to push him to go even further in threatening military action by publicly presenting US red lines and committing to attacking

uses the Veto in this regards. In this situation, the General Assembly cannot vote for the Admission of Palestine, as th

Psychotic? John Matson Anicle2- | The Financial Times Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong Anne-Marie Slaughter Article S- | Foreign Policy Sinai’s Bedouin run amok in post-Mubarak Egypt Mohamed Fadel Fahmy ance |The National Interest Foreign-Policy Failure Dimitri K. Simes Article 5. NYT C

e writer is a former director of policy planning for the US state department HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024601 --- PAGE BREAK --- Article 3. Foreign Policy Sinai’s Bedouin run amok in post- Mubarak Egypt Mohamed Fadel Fahmy AUGUST 24, 2011 -- The landscape of Egypt's lawless North Sinai governorate is punctu

rkey and Israel have been suspended. Turkey will not recognize the Gaza HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024999 --- PAGE BREAK --- blockade and will take action at the UN General Assembly to make sure that the matter is discussed in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). And finally, Turkey will extend full support to the families o

adership also sought by Iran. In Egypt, too, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist forces look set to reap an electoral dividend in November. The Sinai area has already become a zone of activity for Islamist terror directed against Israel, because of the breakdown in law and order in recent months. T

ens and minority groups. Recall, in this context, U.N. General Assembly resolution 181 of 1947 that called for the establ

licy shifts and the chaos in Egypt. The new Egyptian border policy has made little difference, but Egypt's revolution and its reduced policing in the Sinai have had a profound effect. For the past year, Israel has allowed most everything into Gaza but cement, steel and other construction material - other