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HERBLOCK, Washington Post
Criticizing the Soviets for funneling weapons through Czechoslovakia to arm Egypt, Herblock showed U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles reacting with dismay as Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov fed the conflagration around Israel. Although Western powers had been arming both sides prior to the conflict, they did not decrease their sales to Egypt in the months leading up to the 1956 Suez Crisis. When tensions ran high, both Israel and Egypt had plenty of weapons.
Herblock (1909–2001). "Throw Another Log on the Fire," 1955. Published in the Washington Post, October 30, 1955. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection. |