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The straight of Tiran are open to all ship traffic. Last time Egypt tried to impose a blockade on them, Israel considered it as an act of war which resulted in
by gpt5 5y ago
The straight of Tiran are open to all ship traffic. Last time Egypt tried to impose a blockade on them, Israel considered it as an act of war which resulted in the six day war (where Egypt lost control of all the Sinai peninsula up to the Suez Canal.
Aqaba is a Jordanian port.
- marc__1 5y agoFor those curious, the list of books that cover the geopolitics of the Suez Canal (way before the current one) is extensive and include: Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's Campaign for Peace The Suez Crisis: The History of the Suez Canal’s Nationalization by Egypt and the War that Followed 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War
- austhrow743 5y agoRead all three? Have a favourite?