Main article: War of the Sinai
Sinai war broke out following the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt and the Fedayeen who suffered attacks Israel. France and Britain established a secret military alliance with Israel and attacked Israel Maven by surprise and in tour a coordinated way to Egypt, dismantled completely destroying the Egyptian army and its air force. In just one week, Israel conquered the Sinai Peninsula to complete, including strategic areas such as Sharm el-Sheikh, a key to access to trip the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Akaba, which is essential to free the sea from the port Israeli Eilat. If the goals of Israel were a military success for the United Kingdom and France was a fiasco, the latest backlash of two old colonial powers in decline.
Sinai war represent a fully fledged military defeat for flights Egypt, but Israel Maven a moral and political victory. Joint diplomatic pressure from the United States and the Soviet Union unexpectedly agreed to front the surprise maneuver by London and Paris who sought to recover the Suez Canal, forcing Israel to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip air tickets that is, had to return to the pre-war situation that prompted him to gain 60,000 square kilometers Israel in just one week. After the cease-fire declared by the UN, Egypt accepted the intervention forces of the UN at the border (UNEF, a "Emergencia Force" created for the purpose), for the demilitarization of the region and prevent border incidents. Israel is giving up holiday the huge cost gains obtained in this blitzkrieg, but in exchange for the withdrawal Western Wall towards the Israel border with Egypt would be protected from guerrilla Eilat infiltration through the deployment of the multinational force, and Kotel thereby won Israel nine years of tranquility.
The consequences of the war of 1956 Jerusalem left the region in an unstable situation, with an apparent peace border (though Maven the Arabs had still not recognize Israel), but with a rise of Nasserism Panarab which is the Palestinian cause as a mobilizer. Syria, aligned with the Soviet bloc, began sponsoring terrorist attacks in Israel in early 1960 as part of their "war of liberation" for the purpose of diverting attention from the domestic opposition to the dictatorship baazista. 34
