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| A Workable Solution (from Israel) |
| 2009-01-04 |
| A Workable Solution: by Jameel @ The Muqata Many scratch their heads and wonder what sort of solutions exists for the Hamas arms smuggling tunnels in the Rafiach/Philidephi corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt. The Muqata has a real proposal, that offers many, many positive aspects solutions, and is workable. I present, the modified Med-Dead project. The project proposal has been around for decades -- and in a nutshell is this. A waterway canal is dug from the Mediterranean Sea (sea level), eastwards across Israel to the Dead Sea (420 metres (1378 ft) below sea level, and its shores are the lowest point on the surface of the Earth on dry land.) This would accomplish the following: 1. Start refilling the Dead Sea, which is evaporating away year by year. 2. Provide for a water desalination plant -- desperately needed water sources for the region. 3. Create thousands of jobs. 4. All for Creation of a hydroelectric generation plant, (the 420 water drop is perfect for hydrop electric generation) -- clean, green, energy. The Muqata's plan goes one step forward. We propose that the initial water channel from the Medeterannean Sea start not on the Israeli shoreline, but on the Gaza shoreline at its southernmost point. By carving out a 500 meter wide channel for this waterway, it would be virtually impossible for underground tunnels to be built for arms smuggling. 5. Prevention of arms smuggling to Gaza. Seeing that this is a win-win-win solution for the entire region, I would expect the UN and EU support it fully. Yet somehow, I doubt it... |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #1 Not bad, but they might consider running it along the south coast of Gaza and then up the East border so that Gaza is hemmed in on three sides by water. That would cut down a lot of nonsense. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-01-04 18:37 |