Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Egypt’s military buildup seems harmless—until history says otherwise. In 1967, Jordan’s pro-Western king was forced into war.

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The Egyptian working class continually demonstrated its determination to fight. A rebellion at Port Said included a general strike by shipyard workers and forced the military to intervene to ...