Edited by Gerald Boerner
Commentary:
Following World War I, the British were given the Mandate from the League of Nations to oversee the lands of the Middle East, including Palestine and Egypt. Following World War II, the United Nations decided that the Jews, so abused by the Third Reich, needed their own homeland. The Zionists and United States backed a plan to establish this homeland in Palestine; the British opposed this solution. In 1947-48 the Jews an Palestinians battled for territory.
In the middle of this conflict was a young Egyptian lawyer, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Upon returning to Egypt, he along with fellow army officers, grew further disenchanted by the ruling family, currently represented by King Farouk. In 1952 he participated in the coup d’etat that overthrew the monarchy. in 1956 he was elected President and he was behind the nationalization of the Suez Canal and the Suez Crisis. He was a strong backer of the pan-Arab movement for Arab unity.
Convinced that he needed a wasta, Nasser managed to secure a meeting with the Secretary-of-State, Ibrahim Kheiry Pasha, who sponsored his second attempt into the military academy. From then on, with little contact with his family, he focused on his military career. It was at the academy that he met Abdel Hakim Amer and Anwar Sadat, both of whom became important aides during his presidency.[16] After passing his final exam at Abassia, he was posted to the town of Mankabad, near his native Beni Mur, and was commissioned as 2nd lieutenant in the infantry.
So let’s get into todays exploration if Gamal Abdul Nasser… GLB
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“Events are not a matter of chance.”
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