[HN Gopher] A Suez Canal rival through Israel
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       A Suez Canal rival through Israel
        
       Author : fumblebee
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2021-03-26 20:21 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | maratc wrote:
       | I'm not sure what kind of alternative reality the author is
       | living in.
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       | As a matter of fact, there _already is_ an existing  "Suez Canal
       | rival through Israel", albeit for oil and oil products only - the
       | Trans-Israel Pipeline[0]. It can pump oil between a port on the
       | Red Sea and another one on Mediterranean. Predictably, no one is
       | using that.
       | 
       | The situation where lots of oil tankers go through Suez in
       | opposing directions each day is clearly suboptimal anyway.
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       | [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Israel_pipeline
        
         | bobthepanda wrote:
         | I mean, no one is using it because working with Israel has been
         | a political third rail for decades in most countries that might
         | otherwise be interested.
         | 
         | From the article it sounds like the thaw with the UAE might
         | result in them sending their oil through it.
        
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