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Re:Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded... by rvp-x on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:59PM (#26627386)
Israel at some point was considering setting up a rail track between Eilat and the rest of the country. The main benefit of doing so is that cargo ships could unload and Eilat (red sea) and have cargo transported to a port in the mediterranean sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_railway_to_Eilat

That plan was frozen after the Egypt-Israel peace agreement.

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Re:Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded... by azernik on Monday March 29, 2021 @05:46PM (#26628611)
It's been floated after the peace treaty too; it's just unlikely to justify the massive cost, now that the strategic consideration of bypassing an Egyptian blockade is past.
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Re:Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded... by fomine3 on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:30PM (#26630032)
Possibly current decarbonization movement makes a new canal plan better?
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