Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula

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The Sinai Peninsula, which is a part of Egypt, has been militarily occupied by Israel twice since the beginning of the Arab–Israeli conflict: the first occupation lasted from October 1956 to March 1957, and the second occupation lasted from June 1967 to April 1982. Taba, Egypt, the only territory which was not returned in 1982, was returned to Egypt in 1989. Israel initially seized the Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Crisis, when it, along with France and the United Kingdom, attacked Egypt in response to its blockade of Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran and the nationalisation of the canal; the Egyptians had been contesting Israel's freedom of navigation through there since 1949, impacting the country's ability to import and export goods during the Israeli austerity period. Although the occupation allowed Israel to re-open the Straits of Tiran, the Suez Canal was closed until 1957, when Israeli troops withdrew from Egypt due to international pressure. In the mid...

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