Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brought hope that Egypt will accept its obligation under the implied settlements which brought about the final Israeli troop withdrawals. The Egyptian government is now recommencing administration in the Gaza Strip, while the United Nations Emergency Force continues to patrol the border. Israeli ships have moved through the Aqaba Gulf and the Suez Canal soon may be reopened. Though peace-time operations seem about to be started the whole situation presents a complex of diplomatic problems whose particular solutions are interrelated and thus must be solved together...
This was reported by informed diplomats as Hammarskjold met Egyptian President Nasser tonight to explore the tangle of Middle East issues. They include such varied problems as the Gaza Strip, Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba that have become snarled in the same ball of twine...
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion said Israel's army will march against Egypt again if President Nasser "tries to block our historic and legal passage into the Gulf of Aqaba...
JERUSALEM, March 19--The open threat of a new war emerged today from Israel's dismay at Gaza Strip and Aqaba Gulf developments since she turned over those battle-won territories to the United Nations...
...suggested several ways of implementing his "power policy." If the United States would place one of her "fat, sleek, new cruisers" in the Gulf of Aqaba, there would be little chance of the Egyptians trying to stop Israeli shipping, he said. He also felt that a U.S. destroyer could safely lead an Israeli freighter through the Suez. These steps should only be taken if all other diplomatic measures failed, however, he pointed...