Israel Keeps the Gaza Strip in 1956

CaliGuy

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What if, during the Suez Crisis, Israel would have insisted on keeping the Gaza Strip--and presumably expelling the Gaza Strip's Arab population--as opposed to fully withdrawing back to the 1949 lines?

How would the U.S., Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the rest of the international community have reacted to such an Israeli move?
 
It's difficult to imagine Israel trying to do this without British and/or French support, and difficult to imagine them doing this. While Israel would be happy to take the Strip in order to cut off fedayeen raids, the country wasn't strong enough for a solo war against Egypt and knew it.

Even if they did somehow end up keeping it, there's absolutely no reason to think that they'd expel the population - after all, they didn't in '67 (well, they did a little bit)
 

CaliGuy

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It's difficult to imagine Israel trying to do this without British and/or French support, and difficult to imagine them doing this. While Israel would be happy to take the Strip in order to cut off fedayeen raids, the country wasn't strong enough for a solo war against Egypt and knew it.

Didn't Israel single-handedly win a war against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in 1967, though?

Even if they did somehow end up keeping it, there's absolutely no reason to think that they'd expel the population - after all, they didn't in '67 (well, they did a little bit)

1967 was arguably different due to the sheer speed of Israel's victory, though; plus, Israel did expel Arabs from various places back in 1948-1949.
 
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