22 MAY 1967 — WHO PUSHED EGYPT TO CLOSE THE STRAITS OF TIRAN? On 22 May 1967, Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping. That decision was one of the decisive steps that transformed the Middle East crisis into the Six-Day War, which https://t.co/VTQXR68mRX #SixDayWar #StraitsOfTiran #MiddleEastCrisis #EG #IL
