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| Nasser |
| Nasser gained leadership of Egypt by overthrowing the corrupt former government in a coup. He was most interested in modernizing Egypt and saw the nationalizing of the Suez Canal as a good start. |
| Related: Suez Crises | Yom Kippur war | Six day war | PLO | Palestinian war | UN divides Palestine | Balfour Declaration | World Zionist Congress |
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