Word: stripping
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...inevitable power-positioning that followed Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and from Sharm el Sheikh on the Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt's Dictator Nasser last week moved fast to send in one of his generals to administer Gaza's civil affairs. United Nations Representative Ralph Bunche infuriated Israel by announcing, after a 90-minute conference with President Nasser, that the U.N. would "cooperate" with the Egyptian administration...
...Hammarskjold's recent negotiations with President Nasser have 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...
...fedayeen raids and frequent Israeli reprisals show that the United Nations Emergency Force must be maintained along the Gaza Strip until it is clear that sufficient stability has returned to the area. Egypt has rather arbitrarily reinstated her civil administration in Gaza to the understandable consternation of Israel. However, they seem to have conceded the move. Israel would protest and perhaps reopen hostilities if Egyptian armed forces entered Gaza. With the UNEF patrolling the strip, Hammarskjold should make it clear that there is no reason for the Egyptian military forces to return to the area...
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...
Crum said that the doctrine involves an implicit moral commitment to protect the interests of Israel, including use of the Suez Canal for peaceful shipping. He echoed the hope of several Jewish leaders that the Gaza Strip not be returned to Egyptian jurisdiction until there is a final settlement of the whole Arab-Israeli dispute...