Word: nasser
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...sure that Nasser and the other Arab gangsters will never rise to Premier Ben-Gurion's moral heights. Israel has reached the pinnacle of ethical sensitivity...
Just as mixed and mixed up was the first reaction of the outside world. The British and French governments publicly hailed the new plan. The Arab world was divided: the Baghdad Pact nations in favor and the extreme Nasser nationalists against. "We reject most categorically the theory of a vacuum," said Jordan's Foreign Minister Abdullah Rimawy...
...insisted that the United States should support an early resumption of negotiations on canal ownership, an unquestioned right of Israeli and all other ships to use the canal without any discrimination. He also urged that Nasser should not be permitted to obstruct canal clearance to gain political advantage...
...there were other ways of reaching the Egyptian dictator. Cyril Banks, a Tory M.P. who had quit his party in protest over the Suez occupation, was a close friend of the Moorhouse family and also knew Nasser from his days as a Middle East hand. "What would you really like me to do?" he asked Moorhouse. "Get over to Cairo," was the answer. "I believe that you could bring my son back if he is still alive." Banks promised to do what he could. By now the War Office, the Foreign Office, U.N. headquarters and 10 Downing Street were...
...friend Nasser has sunk 21 ships, and I wish to God it had been 121." Thus Texas Independent Oil Producer H. P. Nichols hailed Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser for blockading the Suez Canal. At the annual banquet of the West Central Texas Oil & Gas Association came more kudos. "As the person who has done the most for West Central Texas oilmen," Nasser was voted the members' "extinguished service" award: a bright pink chamber...