Feb 26, 2024 · Named in homage to Israel’s founder, the Ben Gurion Canal project envisioned a monumental waterway connecting Eilat on the Red Sea to Ashkelon on the Mediterranean Sea.

Nov 17, 2023 · The Ben Gurion Canal project was a proposal in the 1960s by Israel to connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea through the southern end of the Gulf of Aqaba.

May 12, 2024 · The Ben-Gurion Canal project is an ambitious proposal by Israel to construct a massive canal connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. This 160-mile (257 km) canal would traverse the Negev Desert and the southern end of the Gulf of Aqaba, bypassing the Suez Canal and challenging Egypt's long-standing monopoly on the crucial shipping […]

Apr 11, 2021 · Ben Gurion Canal will give Israel the freedom from blackmail arising out of access to the Suez Canal. Arab states have been leveraging the Red Sea to pressure Israel and in response, Israel has decided to gain more control of the Red Sea.

The idea is to cut a canal through the Israeli-controlled Negev Desert from the tip of the Gulf of Aqaba — the eastern arm of the Red Sea that juts into Israel’s southern tip and south-western Jordan — to the Eastern Mediterranean coast, thus creating an alternative to the Egyptian-controlled Suez Canal that starts from the western arm of ...

The Mediterranean–Dead Sea Canal (MDSC) is a proposed project to dig a canal from the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea, taking advantage of the 400 m (1,300 ft) difference in water level between the seas. The project could correct the drop in …

Jan 7, 2025 · Israel has an ambitious plan afoot to construct a huge 260-kilometre canal that would bypass the Suez Canal and challenge Egypt’s monopoly of the Europe-to-Asia shipping route. The tentatively named Ben-Gurion Canal will traverse the Negev Desert and the south end of the Gulf of Aqaba and connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.

May 18, 2024 · The 160-mile-long sea-level Ben Gurion Canal project was a proposal in the 1960s by Israel to connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea through the Negev Desert (Israel) and the southern end of the Gulf of Aqaba (coastline shared by four countries: Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia) bypassing the Suez Canal and challenging Egypt’s ...

As Israel attempts to bomb Gaza into oblivion, speculation grows over an old plan to cut a canal as an alternative to the Suez. With Gaza flattened, some think the canal might go straight through the middle of the territory.

Nov 13, 2023 · Vision: Named after Israel’s founding father, David Ben-Gurion, the Ben Gurion Canal Project remains an ambitious infrastructure proposal. Route: It envisions cutting a canal through the Negev Desert to connect the Gulf of Aqaba with the Eastern Mediterranean, challenging Egypt’s dominance over the Suez Canal.