Word: israelities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pale and grim, Sir Anthony Eden rose in the House of Commons at 4:35 one afternoon last week to announce the Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt. When he had finished, the House was chill with silence, the Tories staring straight ahead with the rigidity of Guardsmen and the Laborites frozen to their seats in horror...
Canada, torn by its historic loyalty to Britain, and its utter ignorance of just what Britain was doing, decided not to condemn Britain and France publicly. But it was miffed by having been kept in the dark by Eden. Not until two days after Israel's invasion did Canada suspend a scheduled delivery of 24 Sabre jets to Israel. External Affairs Chief Lester Pearson called the Anglo-French decision to intervene in Egypt "a most unhappy...
...Morocco and Tunisia proclaimed themselves on Nasser's side. So did Saudi Arabia. Iraq's rulers denounced Britain's "aggression." But this Baghdad Pact partner of the British was racked by conflicting emotions -secret satisfaction at seeing its chief Arab rival in trouble, open hatred for Israel. Syria-presumably Nasser's stoutest friend-broke off diplomatic relations with France and Britain, but Jordan broke only with France. The Jordanian Kingdom of 20-year-old King Hussein was paralyzed by fear and foreboding...
...Syrian forces in brigade strength moved over the border into eastern Jordan, and Baghdad announced that Iraqi armored elements were also on their way into Jordan. The presumption was that they were there to help Jordan defend itself against an Israeli invasion, although their presence might also give Israel the pretext for invading Jordan. By expanding eastward to the Jordan River, Israel could, at Jordan's expense, straighten out its borders (at one point only seven miles wide). That would leave Jordan with a wide stretch of desert, and not much to live on. One of the fears agitating...
...recently as five weeks ago Israel's David Ben-Gurion told his people and the world: "We will never start a war. We do not believe that wars provide comprehensive solutions to historic problems...