1. Egypt got involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East because they made the action of nationalizing the Suez Canal, which made Israel angry, and Israel immediately invaded the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt became angry and blocked the Suez Canal with sunken ships, and it remained impassable until 1975. Also Egypt made increasingly ominous threats. Sources for the answer to this question: http://geography.howstuffworks.com/terms-and-associations/middle-east5.htm and
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2. In 1956, three of he Twentieth Century's most dominant forces came together in a short, violent clash in the Egyptian regions known as the Suez Canal and the Sinai Peninsula. These three forces were: Nationalism, the Cold War, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Egypt and the other Arab nations had recently gained full independence from the empires controlled by European powers such as Great Britain and France. These young nations with ancient cultures and histories strove to gain economic and military sufficiency while asserting their political rights as free peoples. The Cold War struggle between the mostly democratic and capitalist West against the Communist East dominated by the Soviet Union and China both helped and hindered the Nationalist goals of many African and Asian countries. For example, Egypt sought foreign aid in building the Aswan Dam project which would control the wild Nile River. The United States and Britain, major players in the West, declined to help Egypt because of her political and military ties to the Soviet Union. The Soviets eagerly rushed in to aid Egypt. After this, Egypt came to be considered a friend of the Soviets, and a nation not overly friendly to the West. In this way, the Cold War affected the young nation of Egypt and her relations with the rest of the world. The Arab-Israeli conflict began in 1948 and caused Egypt and Israel to be bitter foes until 1979. The second war between these Middle East neighbors took place in 1956. Egypt is now having problems with Iran. Sources for the answer to this question:
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/940/eg4.htm, http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.htm, and
http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/discussion/history_in_focus/the_arab-israeli_conflict.php
3. Egypt's enemies in the Middle East was Israel back during the conflict because Israel did some stuff that made Egypt pretty angry which kind of got Egypt involved in the conflict. One of Egypt's enemies now is Iran. Sources for the answer to question: http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.html,
http://samsonblinded.org/titles/Israel_war_resolve.htm, and
http://www.ahavat-israel.com/eretz/conflict.php
4. During the conflict, Egypt's allies friends or allies was the Soviet Union and the United States of America. This was because the Soviet Union had come to Egypt's rescue before and the U.S. had done some stuff as well. The sources for the answer to this question:
http://www.ibiblio.org/kelly/writings/nonfiction/history/hist18.html#internal,
http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.html, and
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/03/200932641420286134.html
5. Egypt wants the Sinai desert returned to them by Israel. The sources for the answer to this question:
http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/03/israelegypt_peace_treaty_lesso.html and
http://www.fresno.k12.ca.us/divdept/sscience/history/middle_east.htm
6. Egypt is prepared to give up nothing to get what it wants.
http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/03/israelegypt_peace_treaty_lesso.html
7. Egypt would not give up the fight in the conflict, they would not give up the chance to get back what other countries took away from them. The source for the answer to this question:
http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2009/03/israelegypt_peace_treaty_lesso.html
