[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I may have been off a few years...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal

After the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, also called the Six Day War, the canal was closed by an Egyptian blockade until 5 June 1975. As a result, fourteen cargo ships known as “The Yellow Fleet” remained trapped in the canal for over eight years.

http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0015494.html

. It was opened in 1869, nationalized in 1956, blocked by Egypt during the Arab-Israeli War in 1967, and not reopened until 1975.

[Alberta's Child]

I see -- that's great information there.

I'm not sure how effective something like that would have been in pressuring Israel to sign the Camp David Accords. The U.S. and Europe have derived a far bigger benefit from the Suez Canal than anyone else over the years.