A playlist from The Jewish Story
Sinai and the Suez Canal
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Israel among the nations part III: Operation Kadesh
September 26, 2019 · 45 min · Episode page →
The Sinai campaign was many things - a preemptive strike against Israel's enemies, the last gasp of colonialism in the Middle East and a complete failure of international...
About this playlist
The Sinai and the Suez Canal, fought over in 1956, 1967 and 1973 and returned to Egypt for peace.
Where this sits in the story
2 of 9 eras
The Second Temple600 BCE–70 CESages and Geonim70–1000Sefarad and Ashkenaz1000–1492After the Expulsion1492–1700Modernity Arrives1700–1880Return and Catastrophe1880–1948The Young State1948–1967After 19671967–1987Into the Present1987–2023
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