Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize after convening the UN Emergency Force to negotiate a ceasefire to this conflict, which caused the fall of Anthony Eden's government.
One side in this conflict prepared Operation Cordage in case its ally attacked another country, but diverted its forces to Operation Musketeer instead. This conflict's beginning followed a plan laid out by Maurice Challe after the parties involved determined that the Tripartite Declaration issued six years prior was irrelevant. The instigators of this event had signed the secret Protocol of Sèvres. Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize after convening the UN Emergency Force to negotiate a ceasefire to this conflict, which caused the fall of Anthony Eden's government. It began when Israel invaded its neighbor, giving Britain and France the pretext to intervene to protect their own interests. For 10 points, name this event started by Gamal Abdel Nasser's nationalization of an Egyptian waterway.
One side in this conflict prepared Operation Cordage in case its ally attacked another country, but diverted its forces to Operation Musketeer instead.
Suez Crisis [accept Suez Canal Crisis]