Israel's Wars & Operations:
The Suez Campaign of 1956

Reference

• Background & Overview
• War Maps
• POW Exchanges
• Public Opinion Toward the Sinai Crisis

Israel

• Ambassador Eban on Sinai Campaign
• Ben-Gurion Demands Security Guarantees
• Ben-Gurion Exchanges With Eisenhower Over Suez
• Ben-Gurion on the Results of Sinai Campaign
• Ben-Gurion Reviews Sinai Campaign
• Israel Agrees to Withdraw
• Israel Announces Military Operation in Sinai
• Israel Protests Egyptian Seizure of Ship Bat Galim

Egypt

• Egyptian Decree Regarding Suez Canal
• Egypt Informs U.S. of Blockade of Straits of Tiran
• Nasser Nationalizes the Suez Canal

Soviet Union

• Soviets Renew Threats, Ben-Gurion Responds
• Soviets Threaten Israel, Ben-Gurion Responds

United States

• Eisenhower Message to Rabbi Silver on the Near East Situation
• Eisenhower Statement on Hostilities Between Israel and Egypt
• Eisenhower's Address on the Situation in the Middle East
• Secretary of State Dulles on Israeli Withdrawal
• Statement by Eisenhower on the Israeli Mobilization
• The United States Rejects the Use of Force in 1956
• White House Statement on Withdrawal of Israeli Troops

United Nations

• UN Emergency Force (UNEF)
• Presence and Functions of the UNEF
• UNEF Deployment [map]
• UNGA Resolution 997 (Sinai Campaign)
• UNGA Resolution 999 (Ceasefire in Sinai Campaign)
• UNGA Resolution 1000 (UN Force for Sinai)
• UNGA Resolution 1001 (UN Force for Sinai)
• UNGA Resolution 1002 (Ceasefire in Sinai Campaign)
• UNGA Resolution 1124 (Call for Israeli Withdrawal)
• UNSC Resolution S/2322 (Freedom of Passage in Suez Canal)
• UNSC Resolution S/3675 (Egypt's blockade of the Suez Canal)
• UN Maritime Powers Object to Suez Canal Blockade