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“PRAISE ALLAH —YOU’RE YOUR OLD SELF AGAIN!”
Having suffered a crushing defeat during the Six-Day War (June 5–June 11) against Israel earlier in the year, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser announced he would prevent the passage of Israeli ships through the Suez Canal until Israel retreated from the Sinai Peninsula. While Herblock negatively portrays Nasser as a crazed despot with a Napoleonic complex, in reality the failure of the Arab Defense Pact and the loss of his air force compelled Nasser to acknowledge that Egypt no longer had the military capability to engage in war with Israel, and he sought economic means to force negotiations.
“Praise Allah—You’re Your Old Self Again!” 1967. Published in the Washington Post, November 26, 1967. |