Musiclover22: Middle East Conflict- Egypt

Egypt got involved in the Arab-Israeli conflict when Palestine was divided into one Jewish and one Arab land. Egypt, and other nations, declared war on Israel in 1948 saying the land was Arabian, not Jewish. http://www.ibiblio.org/kelly/writings/nonfiction/history/hist18.html

Between 1948 and the present, Egypt closed straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping and dismissed UN peacekeeping force(1967), Egyptianair force destroyed by Irsael(1967), retook Suez canal from Israel(1973), signed peace treaty withIsrael(1979), Egyptian President assassinated(1981), Israeli/Lebanon terrorist war- rocket damages one Egyptian ship(2006), President Bush visited MIddle East and Hamas "brokeout" into Egypt at Rafah Crossing(2008). http://www.zionism-israel.com/zionism_timeline.htm

Israel is our enemy in the Middle East because they are trying to expand their territory and we don't like that, especially since we are Arab, not Jewish. (enemy-France and Great Britain b/c just recently got independence from them http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.html) The U.S. is our enemy, too, because they are in an alliance with Israel. http://samsonblinded.org/titles/Israel_war_resolve.htm

Our friend in the Middle East is Palestine because they help us fight Israel and we allow them to attack Israel from Egyptian territory. Syria is also our friend because they are Arab. http://www.historyguy.com/suez_war_1956.html
Out of the conflict, our country wants to keep the land we believe is rightfully ours and should stay Arabian. We also want peace, but UN peacekeepers were removed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War
We are prepared to give up free passage to Israel for the Suez Canal to get the peace treaty we wanted. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-Egypt_Peace_Treaty
We are not prepared to give up our land just to make Israel happy and end the war to make peace. http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/03/200932341410342402.html