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1956 Suez War

Illustrative: This picture taken on December 2, 2023, shows a view of the interior of the newly restored 19th century Jewish synagogue of Ben Ezra in Coptic Cairo. (Photo by Amir MAKAR / AFP)
August 17, 2024, 7:44 am
Study of Cairo’s synagogues reveals an Egyptian Jewish ‘Golden Age’ abruptly ended
In ‘Sacred Places Tell Tales,’ Ben-Gurion University Prof. Yoram Meital examines the modern history of Cairo’s Jews and its thriving pre-1948 community
By Gavriel Fiske
Nonie Darwish is at the center of the award-winning documentary 'Telling Nonie,' as the Israeli assassin of her Egyptian colonel father seeks redemption (Courtesy Tomer Shmulevich)
May 12, 2024, 12:25 pm
October 7 echoes in a documentary about an Israeli agent seeking redemption
‘Telling Nonie’ brings together an aging Israeli operative with the daughter of the Egyptian lieutenant colonel he helped assassinate in Gaza in the 1950s
By Jessica Steinberg
Fuel installations on the Suez Canal burn after an attack by aircraft of the Sea Venom Squadron from HMS Eagle as Britain, France and Israel intervened militarily and occupied the canal zone following Egypt nationalizing the canal, November 11, 1956. (AP Photo, File)
March 28, 2021, 6:54 pm
Not only grounded ships: A look at past crises that closed Suez
Key waterway has previously been shuttered by military conflicts involving Egypt and Israel, including for years after 1967 Six Day War
By Isabel Debre
New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain in 1980. (Peter Noble/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
January 17, 2021, 8:31 am
Sylvain Sylvain, Jewish guitarist for the New York Dolls, dies aged 69
Musician hailed as a ‘lynchpin’ of the influential rock band; moved to the US as a child when his family fled rising anti-Semitism in Cairo in 1956
By Gabe Friedman
David Ben-Gurion being visited by Eleanor Roosevelt in Jerusalem (Courtesy Knesset)
May 31, 2018, 6:50 am
Eleanor Roosevelt defense of Israel to go under hammer
Bidding for letter in which former first lady defends Israel’s actions during 1956 Suez Crisis to start at $22,500
By JTA
People walk past a display of Cold War-era tanks at the Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan, February 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)
February 6, 2018, 5:15 pm
A century of Middle East wars on display at new Jordanian tank museum
Collection of 110 tanks that saw battle includes armored vehicles from conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors in the Golan Heights, Jerusalem
By Sam McNeil
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath during a memorial ceremony for the 1956 Suze (Kadesh) military operation, at Mount Herzl cemetery, Jerusalem, on November 28, 2016. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 28, 2016, 5:14 pm
Bereaved families fume after waiting for Netanyahu at memorial
Public had to arrive at Jerusalem cemetery an hour early, linger in discomfort until dignitaries came to commemorate the fallen of 1956 Suez campaign
By Stuart Winer
Then-prime minister Shimon Peres meets with the Nahal Brigade on October 16, 1986. (Gil Ne'eh/Bamahane/Defense Ministry Archives)
September 28, 2016, 5:32 pm
Peres, a man of peace, made Israel a military powerhouse
By bringing fighter jets and, allegedly, nuclear weapons to the Jewish state, Shimon Peres gave the tiny country the tools to survive
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative image of a police sapper in Jerusalem, February 3, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 5, 2016, 11:52 pm
Bullets and grenade from 1950s found in Eilat dumpster
Sappers on site to dispose of old armaments, believed to have been possessions of 1956 Sinai war veteran
By ToI Staff
IDF Paratroopers on board a C-130 Hercules, equipped with gear pouch and ready to be linked to a static line in the plane on January 17, 2012 (photo credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
January 19, 2015, 7:05 pm
59 years after last combat use, why do Israel’s paratroopers need new chutes?
The IDF is introducing the Stork, a US-made parachute that’s safer, can carry more weight and affords a gentler landing. But who jumps out of planes in modern warfare anyway?
By Mitch Ginsburg
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