Iran Strait Tensions Echo 1956 Suez Crisis: Iran-linked incidents threaten 20.7m b/d through Hormuz (IEA 2025); a short-term shock could lift Brent 5–10% within weeks. 👈 Read full analysis #IranStrait #SuezCrisis #StraitOfHormuz #BrentOil #OilMarket
Glad they rescued that young #pilot. He should never have been there. Let #Israel fight it's own damn #wars.
Of course if Israel had to fight it's own damn wars, they wouldn't.
When Eisenhower said "STOP"= #SuezCrisis #History
Nato has survived some serious rifts but the Iran war shows how the US has soured on the transatlantic alliance#DonaldTrump #JDVance #MarcoRubio #markrutte #NATO #PeteHegseth #SuezCrisis #USIranconflict #VietnamWar
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#SuezCrisis #Dimona #nuclear
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#Al-Yamamah #DouglasLeese #MargaretThatcher #RiggsBank
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#JonathanAitken #UK
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At the conclusion of this thoughtful piece on Trump's planlessness vis-à-vis Iran, Jeremy Bowen wonders whether this war could be the equivalent for the US of the UK's 1956 Suez crisis, "a turning point, a waystation of decline".
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I’m old enough to remember 70 years ago being very frightened we would be pushed into a third world war over the rights to a travel route in the middle east. October 1956. #SuezCanal #SuezCrisis
#BBCAQ Interesting to hear Peter Hitchens reminding us that the USA didn’t support its allies UK & France over the #SuezCrisis in 1956 - Eisenhower said no to Anthony Eden. We don’t need to support Trump with his chosen conflict in #Iran
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Thus USA didn’t come to UK’s aid during the #SuezCrisis 1956, #Aden 1963-7, #Malaya post WWII, #Cyprus 1963-4, nor invasion of the #FalklandIslands 1982.
Trump asserts NATO is about USA underwriting UK/USA defence. Sorry! It started as Europe serving as USA’s bulwark against communism!
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Ah #Starmer. Yr maybe too young to remeber the #SuezCrisis but this #Trump distraction war will probably have similar conseqence for our isolated and #NoLongerCapable UK
#OTD #TDIH #February28, 1919 #HBD #BrianUrquhart! #GreatMen #UN #BlueHelmets #DDay #ABridgeTooFar #SuezCrisis #SecondEuropeanWar #WorldWarII #WWII #SecondWorldWar #WWIISky
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It's the same sad 20th century #geopolitics:
#PerfidiousAlbion endorsed #Zionism to get "a loyal Jewish Ulster in #Palestine" in case they lost control of the #SuezCanal.
They played the card 39 years later in the #SuezCrisis. USA then took it and had to be controlled, thus #IsraelkilledJFK 1963.
The Suez Crisis exposed the limits of Britain’s power and signalled a shift toward a future in which the nation would act alongside allies rather than as a dominant force on its own.
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Hinting at the later #SuezCrisis, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1951 #WinstonChurchill, with characteristic #racism, said about Egypt, "Tell them if we have any more of their cheek we will set the Jews on them and drive them into the gutter, from which they should never have emerged."
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1956, during the #SuezCrisis, #IDF troops massacred between 111 and 200 #Palestinians in the city of #Rafah in the #GazaStrip. They were lined up at a UN school, interrogated, then shot and thrown into a mass grave. There remains no justice for this event.
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Set sail into the Suez Canal Crisis and witness the 7-day war that broke the British Empire's bank. Uncover the risks, the standoffs, and the ripple effects that still shape our world. Watch now 🚢🌍
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#SuezCrisis #History #Geopolitics #BritishEmpire
5 November 1956: British and French paratroopers landed in #Egypt. #History #SuezCrisis
British paratroopers landed near Port Said #OnThisDay in 1956 as Britain & France joined #ApartheidIsrael in an invasion of #Egypt in order to thwart the nationalization of the #Suez canal; the #SuezCrisis would end British imperial pretensions... 🍉
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https://hmn.wiki/ro/Suez_Canal 4.11.22 Caption from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Port_Said_from_air.jpg
#OTD in 1956
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‘Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, 5 November 1956’
#blackandwhitephotography #warphotography #aerialphotography #SuezCrisis #PortSaiud #Egypt #SuezCanal
4 November 1956
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#OTD in 1956
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‘A flak damaged Sea Venom of 893 Squadron after landing on HMS EAGLE with no undercarriage. Members of the Flight Deck crew (wearing protective clothing) approach the aircraft after it has been brought to a standstill by the arrester wires.’
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1956, during the #SuezCrisis, #IDF killed between 275 and 1200 in the #GazaStrip, mainly in #KhanYunis city & refugee camp. There has been no justice for the #KhanYunisMassacre and we cannot understand #Palestinian anger if we pretend this began on 7 Oct.
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1956, #Israel first occupied the #GazaStrip. Masacres came in the following days, until the #IDF was forced to withdraw at the end of the #SuezCrisis. #Zionists from #BenGurion to the #FarRight coveted the territory & looked for excuses to seize it again.
31 October 1956: The United Kingdom and France began bombing Egyptian positions in an attempt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal. #History #SuezCrisis
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1956, the #SuezCrisis began with an unprovoked invasion of Egypt by Israel. This came after a secret military alliance with the UK and France in which Israel was to help the imperial powers regain the #SuezCanal. It all failed and #Nasser was strengthened.
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On this day in 1956, the Suez Crisis kicked off with Israel, the UK, and France invading Egypt. A classic case of imperialist meddling that left a lasting impact on Middle Eastern politics. #SuezCrisis #history #cronologia #historyfacts #MiddleEast
Historical image of Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis of 1956: A pivotal battle for control over the Suez Canal, where imperial ambitions clashed with nationalism. #SuezCrisis #MiddleEastHistory
Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the #SuezCanal #OnThisDay in 1956, prompting Israel, Britain & France to attack #Egypt; the #SuezCrisis led to the fall of Anthony Eden's government; today, Egypt is collaborating with #ApartheidIsraeI in the #GazaGenocide 🍉
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🚨 Two ships sunk. Crew killed. Trade disrupted.
Houthi rebels just reignited chaos in the Red Sea.
The world’s most vital trade route is at risk.
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Suez Crisis: A History from Beginning to End
"Just why did Britain and France go to war with Egypt in 1956?"
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