Israel was receiving weapons from Czechoslovakia, most likely because of Czechoslovakia's high Jewish population. (Bard 149) The US was becoming increasingly aware that they would have to support Israel not just because of the Jewish lobby in the US, but also because of the dependence of oil and the need for calmness in the "oil world". ... At this point, however, the US was not directly supplying either side with weapons. ... They want to keep it as an open sore, as an affront to the United Nations and as a weapon against Israel. ...

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A struggle for both Arab and geographical influence saw American president Dwight Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev fight for an Egyptian alliance, wielding weapons of promissory fiscal rewards, diplomatic influence, and arms. ... The United Nations saw fit to deploy their first ever-armed peacekeepers to the canal in 1956 (The History of Peacekeeping, n.d), and further they threatened to halt Britain's oil supplies. ...

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