DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Soviet Union
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United States
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Great Britain
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China
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India
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Soviet Union had also threatened to enter the Suez Crisis on the side of the Egyptians. The United States ended up forcing the Israelis, the British, and the French to withdraw in order to prevent conflict with the Soviet Union.
Detailed explanation-2: -Only Australia supported Britain, while Pakistan threatened to leave the Commonwealth. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev attacked ‘British imperialism’, threatening to attack London with rockets, as well as sending troops to Egypt, potentially dragging NATO into the conflict.
Detailed explanation-3: -The catalyst for the joint Israeli-British-French attack on Egypt was the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser in July 1956.
Detailed explanation-4: -It showed that power had shifted from the old imperial powers to the new superpowers, in this case the USA.