Editing Suez Crisis (section)

====Post-invasion Israeli initiatives====
On 7 November, David Ben-Gurion addressed the [[Knesset]] and declared a great victory, saying that the [[1949 Armistice Agreements|1949 armistice agreement]] with Egypt was dead and buried, and that the armistice lines were no longer valid and could not be restored. Under no circumstances would Israel agree to the stationing of UN forces on its territory or in any area it occupied.<ref name="AlterasIkeIsr">{{Harvnb|Alteras|1993|p=246}}</ref><ref name="PerlmRestl">{{Cite book |last=Brecher |first=Michael |title=A Restless Mind: Essays in Honor of Amos Perlmutter |date=1996 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-7146-4607-7 |editor-last=Frankel |editor-first=Benjamin |pages=104–143 |chapter=Eban and Israeli Foreign Policy: Diplomacy, War and Disengagement |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkK_j0qz9EgC&pg=PA105}}</ref>{{Rp|104–117}} He also made an oblique reference to his intention to annex the Sinai Peninsula.<ref name="AlterasIkeIsr"/> Isaac Alteras writes that Ben-Gurion 'was carried away by the resounding victory against Egypt' and while 'a statesman well known for his sober realism, [he] took flight in dreams of grandeur.'

The speech marked the beginning of a four-month-long diplomatic struggle, culminating in withdrawal from all territory, under conditions far less palatable than those envisioned in the speech, but with conditions for sea access to [[Eilat]] and a UNEF presence on Egyptian soil.<ref name="AlterasIkeIsr"/> The speech immediately drew increased international pressure on Israel to withdraw.<ref name="PerlmRestl"/> That day in New York, the emergency session passed Resolution 1002, again calling for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops to behind the armistice lines, and for the immediate withdrawal of British and French troops from Egyptian territory.<ref name="UNEFbkgr"/> After a long Israeli cabinet meeting late on 8 November, Ben-Gurion informed Eisenhower that Israel declared its willingness to accept withdrawal of Israeli forces from Sinai, 'when satisfactory arrangements are made with the international force that is about to enter the canal zone'.<ref name="AlterasIkeIsr"/>