Following a 1963 Draft Constitution the first version of the Charter was written by Ahmad Shukeiri, the first chairman of the PLO, using the slightly different name al-Mithaq al-Qawmi al-Filastini, meant to reflect its origins in Nasser's Pan-Arabism.

President Nasser's disregard for political parties and democracy is not unusual given the post-imperial experience of Egypt, which were manipulated by Britain to secure policies favorable to the British.

Hastily formed under President Nasser's leadership ( but on the initiative of Syrian leaders who feared a takeover by communists or " reactionaries " and hoped to lead the new entity ), the UAR was a unitary state, not a federal union, with its critics seeing this as hardly more than a small country being annexed by a larger one.

Following the Egyptian dictator Colonel Nasser's nationialisation of the Suez Canal Company on 26 July 1956, Menzies led a delegation to Egypt to try to force Nasser to compromise with the West.

* It would get Egyptian president Gamel Abdel Nasser's " mind on other matters " because " he need some way to get off the Soviet Hook.

Relations between the RCC and Maher grew tense, however, with the latter viewing many of Nasser's schemes-agrarian reform, the abolition of the monarchy, the reorganization of political parties-as too radical, culminating in Maher's resignation on 7 September.

Nasser's street following was still too small to sustain his plans on reform and secure him in office.

Already strained relations between Nasser and Qasim grew increasingly bitter, with the former considering the latter as unworthy and dependent on the USSR while Qasim looked down on Nasser's Arab nationalism, believing only an alliance with the USSR would help the Arabs succeed against Israel.

Nasser's fortunes on the Arab stage unexpectedly changed when Yemeni officers led by Abdullah as-Sallal, a supporter of Nasser, overthrew Imam al-Badr of the Kingdom of North Yemen, on 27 September 1962.

Vice President Anwar El-Sadat, who had been Interim President following Nasser's death, was officially elected as President on 5 October.

Aware of the Egyptian people's strong political and emotional attachment to Nasser's memory, and the ideals of the Revolution, Sadat declared in his inauguration speech before the National Assembly on 7 October 1970, " I have come to you along the path of Gamal Abdel Nasser and I believe that your nomination of me to assume the responsibility of the Presidency is a nomination for me to continue the path of Nasser ".

Bevan was as critical of the Egyptian dictator Colonel Nasser's seizure of the Suez Canal on 26 July 1956 as he was of the subsequent Anglo-French military response.

The doctrine largely failed on that front, with Nasser's power quickly rising by 1959 to the point where he could shape the leadership outcomes in neighboring Arab countries including Iraq and Saudi Arabia, but in the meantime Nasser's relationship with the Soviet leaders deteriorated, allowing the US to switch to a policy of accommodation.

* At the time of his summons from the OAS, the Jackal has just completed the assassinations of two German missile engineers, recruited to work on President Nasser's heavy rocket program in Egypt.

On 17 April an agreement to unite the countries was signed, but Ba ' ath leaders complained of what they considered Egyptian president Nasser's " patronizing, bullying tone " and his insistence on a single centralized party structure under his leadership.

Although Mollet wanted to concentrate on domestic issues, he found himself confronted with a major foreign policy issue, concerning Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's continued support for Algerian nationalists, and his nationalisation of the Suez Canal, which lead to the Suez Crisis.

Nasser's supporters in government settled on Sadat as a transitional figure that ( they believed ) could be manipulated easily.

Abdel Nasser's material, emotional and political support of the Algerian movement would come to cause him troubles, as it played a major role in France's choice to wage war on him during the 1956 Suez Crisis.

His death on 23 August 1965 led to a mass demonstration at his funeral, one that was allowed but not welcomed by Gamal Abdel Nasser's government. Tens of thousands of people in the funeral procession where chanting " no leader after you Nahhas ".

Although the French recorded that Dirlewanger was buried on June 19, 1945, there were rumors and tabloid stories suggesting that he had escaped, including one popular story of Dirlewanger serving with the French Foreign Legion in the First Indochina War and later defecting to Egypt to accept a commission in Gamal Abdel Nasser's army.

In response to Nasser's increasing attacks on Western colonialism and imperialism and Egypt's continued dalliance with the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States withdrew funds for the Aswan Dam in July 1956.

The attempt on Nasser's life gave his popularity a much-needed boost, enabled him to prevail in his power struggle with Naguib, and provided him with the perfect opportunity to eliminate the Brotherhood.

The reports of President Nasser's pledges which Hammarskjold was relaying from Cairo to Washington became increasingly incomprehensible to other diplomats, including the Israeli Foreign Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir.

The idea of assassinating Qasim may have been Nasser's, and there is speculation that some of those who participated in the operation received training in Damascus, which was then part of the UAR.

There was thus considerable popular support in Syria for union with Nasser's Egypt.

They believed that Nasser's were terms unfair, but given the immense pressure that their government was undergoing, they believed that they had no choice.

Unfortunately for the Ba ' ath, it was never Nasser's intention to share an equal measure of power.

Despite the economic difficulties, what truly produced the demise of the UAR was Nasser's inability to find a suitable political system for the new regime.

Gamal Abdel Nasser's daughter, Hoda, said she was not informed of her family's lineage, but suspects the claim of its Arabian descent to be accurate.

She was introduced to Nasser through her brother Abdel Hamid Kazim, a merchant friend of Nasser's, in 1943.

Nasser's social status was still well below the wealthy Egyptian elite, and his resentment of those born into wealth and power continued to grow.

He met with al-Husayni, who was impressed by him, at his office in Cairo ; however, much to Nasser's disappointment, the Egyptian Government refused to allow him to join al-Husayni's forces.

Mohieddine was informally exiled to Europe to represent the RCC abroad, and a campaign was launched by Nasser's sympathizers in the press, including Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, publicizing Naguib's contact with the Wafd.

The issue was settled in Nasser's favor when the new Sudanese government opted for " brotherly " relations with Egypt.

In general, Nasser's position was stronger due to the absence of Mohieddine and the Sudanese officers, the growth of the Liberation Rally, and because most of his original comrades in the RCC supported him and favored Naguib's removal.

Nasser's nomination for the post was put to the public in referendum in June ; it was approved by an overwhelming majority.

" According to Aburish, this was Nasser's largest pan-Arab triumph at the time and " soon his pictures were to be found in the tents of Yemen, the souks of Marrakesh, and the posh villas of Syria.

With this, Nasser's political position was enormously enhanced by the widely perceived failure of the invasion and Anglo-French attempt to topple him.

Two days later Nasser's most serious Arab enemy in the Middle East, Nuri as-Said, the prime minister of Iraq, was also killed.

None of Nasser's old colleagues had informed him of the corruption and lawlessness undertaken by Amer and the army officers loyal to him since they thought the relationship between Nasser and Amer, his second-in-command, was solid.

In May, the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ), an umbrella group that included various Palestinian factions, was founded and its head was to be Ahmad Shukeiri, Nasser's personal nominee.