Reference Background & Overview War Maps POW Exchanges Myths & Facts 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 Kingdom Britain to Recognize Union of Arab Palestine and Jordan and State of Israel (April 25, 1950) Britain Opposes Sanctions Against Israel for Refusing to Withdraw from Sinai (March 9, 1956) U.S. Resistant to Offering Guarantees in Exchange for Israeli Withdrawal from Sinai (February 19, 1957) British Cabinet Expresses Concern About Israeli Withdrawal and Threat of Sanctions (February 28, 1957) British Cabinet Seeks to Ease Israeli-Jordanian Tensions (February 28, 1957) British Cabinet Expresses Concern About Israeli Invasion of Lebanon (March 4, 1957) British Cabinet Expresses Concern About One-Sided U.S. Position at UN (March 4, 1957) 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