Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt occurred between 1947 and October 1956, and again from March 1957 to June 1967. According to the United Nations'' 1947 UN Partition Plan, proposing a partition of the British Mandate of Palestine, the areas of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank were to become part of a new Arab state. However, the Arab members of the UN stated that the plan was unjust and contrary to the UN Charter, and that they would not abide by it, presaging the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The "All-Palestine Government" was recognised by Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen, but not by Jordan or any other country in the world. However, it was little more than a façade under Egyptian control and had negligible influence or funding. Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip or Egypt were issued with All-Palestine passports until 1959, whenGamal Abdul Nasser, president of Egypt, annulled the All-Palestine government by decree.