Why did President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt blockade Israeli ships in the straits tirans and prevent them from passing through Suez Canal 1952?
Gamal Abdel Nasser did not blockade Israeli ships in the Straits of Tiran and prevent them from passing through the Suez Canal in 1952. It was Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956 that led to the Suez Crisis, during which Egypt blockaded the Straits and prevented Israeli shipping from passing through the canal.