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How Eisenhower Forced Israel to End Occupation After Sinai CrisisIHR (http://www.ihr.org/) | Donald Neff
http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v16/v16n2p14_Neff.html
Extract: On March 16, 1957, Israel withdrew under unrelenting United States pressure from all the territory it had occupied in the Sinai peninsula during its invasion of Egypt less than five months earlier ... Eisenhower sent a forceful note to [Israeli premier] Ben-Gurion to withdraw. Again Ben-Gurion refused. At the same time, the influence of Israel's supporters became intense. The White House was besieged by efforts to halt its pressure on the Jewish state ... Ike did not depend only on words. While he expressed his principled position in public, privately that same day he sent a stern message to Ben-Gurion warning of punitive actions if Israel did not withdraw ... America and Eisenhower emerged from the crisis with enhanced moral authority and prestige around the world.
Eisenhower threatened that he would approve trade sanctions against Israel and might also cut off all private assistance to Israel, which amounted to $40 million in tax-deductible donations and $60 million annually in the purchase of bonds. This combination of public diplomacy and private grit paid off. On February 27, Israel announced it accepted the U.S. position on withdrawal.
Zionists continue to criticize Eisenhower to this day, painting his policy as flawed and shortsighted.