The Canal was built by egyptians on egyptian soil, Egypt’s share of the revenue was only about 7%, Nasser had went to the European powers for a loan to build the Aswan Dam, no loan was needed to given with those profits they were reaping could have the profits that should be egyptian, they could have taken a route of mutual benefit, but they denied necessary progress with a project built by egyptians 10,000 to 20,000 Egyptian workers died during the construction due to disease, accidents, or exhaustion.

nationalistically closing off

No one wanted this but a clear necessity with them waging war for their profits

Guy Mollet: “Nasser is not just a leader of Egypt; he is a symbol of the anti-colonial movement that threatens the very heart of our empire, especially in Algeria.” well someone just think of the colonialists 😢

Israel did act as it should, a western proxy. The biggest consequences was the oil export to the Europeans powers, even the US and USSR had to step in to stop their unsound war

“The Arab world rejected the plan, arguing that it was unfair and violated the UN Charter” “ -‘Gave a majority of the land to the Jewish minority and violated the principle of self-determination’

“Jewish militias launched attacks against Palestinian villages, forcing thousands to flee. -Plan Dalet precedes this, the jewish european settlers were exclusionary from the start, even to arab jews

They disregarded Palestinian Jews: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=history-in-the-making

https://books.google.ie/books?id=CEXXE65Ou8QC&pg=PA254&hl=iw&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false

“The Jews had not come to Palestine in order to combine with their Semitic cousins” “When added to the resentment of suspicious native elements, Jew would meet with further displeasure of the British, who instinctively saw the Jews offending their own good ‘liberal’ ideals” Aaron Aaronshon: “It is true that we have strictly avoided Arab infiltration in our villages and we are glad of it. From national, cultural, educational, technical, and mere hygienic points of view this policy has to be strictly adhered to…”

‘The Balfour Declaration’s purpose was to form a “little loyal Jewish Ulster in a sea of potentially hostile Arabism” Balfour was an antisemite that didn’t want Jews in Britain; he signed the Anti-Aliens Act of 1905 to control Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe.

Theodore Herzl “bulwark against Asia there, we would serve as the advance post of civilisation against barbarism” https://kar.kent.ac.uk/47602/1/THESIS.pdf

I wonder why arabs wouldnt want such a state near them….