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...reputation for "moderation, wisdom, respect for international law . . . Suez blew it all away," and Britain was made to appear "the same old grasping imperialist as ever, but toothless and rather incompetent." If Eden had not resorted to force, "some kind of international element in the control of the canal would have been preserved; the weakness of Great Britain and France would not have been so publicly demonstrated, and many people now dead would be alive...
...warning that the Middle East situation was again "deteriorating." The origins of the flare-up date from Israel's claustrophobic feeling of isolation in the Arab Middle East, and its conviction that the indifferent rest of the world has reneged on its promise to keep the Suez Canal open to Israeli shipping. Seizing upon a small incident on the Syrian border last month, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion launched Israel's first reprisal raid since the 1956 Sinai invasion, blasting and leveling a Syrian village in a demilitarized zone. The U.N. Mixed Armistice Commission called it a "flagrant...
...last week, on a visit to his northern province of Syria, Nasser tossed off incendiary speeches, pledging never to let Israeli ships or goods through the Suez Canal, damning the 1950 U.S.-British-French guarantee of Middle East borders as "dead and buried," summoning all Arabs to follow him in a "sacred march" to "liberate Palestine...
...islands the thick walls became mildewed and pocked, the plank beds began to rot, and rust spread slowly over the huge locks and chains. Last week the deserted colony was put up for public auction. It was one of a number of "chattels"-a dry canal, 15 coast guard stations, five silos, two restaurants, two sand dunes, 43 prisons-that the French government is eager to get rid of, and in this case, anxious to forget...
...reprisal reflects a revival of the old Israeli feelings of frustration. The Arab economic boycott has been cutting into their trade, President Nasser has been getting more aid from both East and West, and the U.N. has failed to secure passage for Israeli goods through the Suez Canal, even when carried in ships of other countries. After several years of quiet diplomacy, a familiar old note was struck in Ben-Gurion's militant warning last week to his people: "During the next decade we are liable to face a grave and perhaps decisive military test...