Combined OPVL – Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anthony Eden, Abba Eban

Origins:

• Gamal Abdel Nasser: Speech Justifying Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company
• Egypt
• 1956
• Speech given by then-President Nasser to people of Egypt
• In response to British and French protests against nationalization of the Suez
• Gamal Abdel Nasser – second President of Egypt and strong Arab nationalist
• Anthony Eden: Views of Gamal Abdul Nasser
• United Kingdom
• 1956 and 1960
• Written memoir and excerpts from a private letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Anthony Eden – Prime Minister of Great Britain, Conservative politician
• In response to Nasser’s nationalization of the Suez Canal
• Abba Eban: Speech to the Security Council on Israel’s Offensive in Sinai
• United Nations in New York City
• 1956
• Speech given to the United Nations Security Council
• Abba Eban – Israeli diplomat
• In explanation for Israeli offensive against encroaching Egyptians
• In defense of actions in the face of alleged Egyptian threat
• Gamal Abdel Nasser: Response to the Anglo-French Ultimatum
• Egypt
• 1956
• Speech given to Egyptian people
• Gamal Abdel Nasser – second President of Egypt and strong Arab nationalist
• In response to to Israeli offensive in the Sinai peninsula and the following British and French ultimatum
• Ultimatum called for an end to the fighting and the occupation of Suez canal locations by the British and French

Purpose:

• Gamal Abdel Nasser: Speech Justifying Nationalization of the Suez Canal Company
• In explanation of Egypt’s actions in nationalizing the Suez
• “we exercised a right which stems from the very core of Egyptian sovereignty”
• Raising support for the nationalization by providing counterarguments to British and French protests
• “we shall pay [Britain] for her 44 per cent of the shares”
• “The Suez Canal would have been restored to us in 12 years [...] has disclosed hidden intentions and unmasked Britain”
• Claiming Egyptian sovereignty over the Suez Canal due to location and past responsibility
• “we maintained freedom of shipping in the canal
• “the canal has been under Egyptian protection because it is part of Egypt [...] we protected it for years because it is our territory”
• Anthony Eden: Views of Gamal Abdul Nasser
• In explanation of opinions and actions directed toward Nasser

• In attempt to secure support for preemptive measures against Nasser

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