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Who's the tail and who's the dog of the U.S.-Israeli relationship?

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You find what?

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A hundred and twenty-two trillion cubic feet of natural gas

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offshore of Gaza

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owned by who?

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The Gazans.

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Discovered two decades ago,

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71 billion dollars in oil,

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altogether 453 billion dollars.

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Did you hear about this on CNN?

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No.

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This was shocking to me,

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but there are millions of people who do know about it.

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The ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip

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can't be viewed in isolation

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from this rich natural gas resource

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that abounds on its shores.

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In fact, the Israeli minister says

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the memorandum of understanding

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that they just signed for the exploration of these resources

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will enable Israel,

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for the first time,

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to export Israeli natural gas to Europe.

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What?

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It's even more impressive

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looking at the significant set of agreements

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we signed over the last year,

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which positions Israel

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and the Israeli energy sector

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and water as key global players.

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These gas deposits have gained notoriety and value

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as Russian gas

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and oil supplies

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became less available

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and accessible by Europe.

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How did that happen?

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Because the West blew up the Nord Stream pipeline

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to make sure

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that this opportunity

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to ship this gas

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to Europe

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along with our own natural gas,

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which is, of course,

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very expensive for them now.

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So, the Israeli occupation

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continues to prevent

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the Palestinians

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from developing

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their energy.

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If they can brand

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the Gazans

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as Hamas terrorists,

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then

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who wants to deal

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with terrorists?

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We don't negotiate

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with terrorists.

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So, the Palestinian people,

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according to

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Atif Kabersi

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in a great article,

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have been denied

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the benefits of using

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this natural resource

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to finance

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their own

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socioeconomic development

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and meet their need

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for their energy.

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It's been robbed.

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It's been stolen from them.

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The United Nations

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actually got involved

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issuing a stunning report

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on this resource.

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They say

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the economic cost

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of the Israeli occupation

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for the Palestinian people

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in unrealized oil

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and natural gas potential

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is great.

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Israel does not have

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sole legal entitlement

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to the $524 billion,

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according to a UN report

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published the same,

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year.

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So, this has all

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been exposed.

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It's a giant heist.

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How many of you

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knew about this?

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A couple.

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That's just remarkable.

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So,

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there's another

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key player here

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that I didn't know about.

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George Webb

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exposed it

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in detail.

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And,

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it's the

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East Mediterranean

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pipeline.

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you see,

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outside of Gaza,

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we have all of this

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gas and oil

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that's brand new.

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And,

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we have

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Europe

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that needs

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gas and oil.

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The Nord Stream pipeline

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was

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sabotaged.

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And so,

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now,

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this new

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$50 billion

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pipeline

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is online

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to bring

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the gas

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to them.

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It's called

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the EastMed

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pipeline.

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and it

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comes from

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Israel,

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but,

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there's no

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gas or oil

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in Israel.

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It's all

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just offshore

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Gaza.

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So,

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there is a

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canal,

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which is a

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third major

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economic

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factor here,

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geopolitical,

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and that is

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the Ben-Gurion

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Canal,

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which can

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connect

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the Persian

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Gulf

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the

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Mediterranean

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Sea.

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So,

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how do they

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do that?

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the Suez

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Canal

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doing just

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that,

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it's a

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huge

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problem

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because

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you have to

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constantly

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dredge the

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sand out

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of it.

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It's only

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wide enough

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for one-way

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traffic.

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it's not

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deep enough

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for an

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aircraft

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carrier,

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but the

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Ben-Gurion

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Canal,

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which has

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been under

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consideration

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since the

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60s,

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and conceived

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after Nasser

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nationalized

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the Suez

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Canal,

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and kept

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Israel from

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using it

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for quite a

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while.

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this Ben-Gurion

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Canal would

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be

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two to

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three times

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longer than

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the Suez

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Canal,

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twice the

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depth

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width

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allowing

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bi-directional

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traffic.

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huge,

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huge

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project.

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net Israel

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six billion

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annually once

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complete,

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and the

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major Western

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investors would

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reap even

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greater profits.

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the land of

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Gaza now

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becomes at

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least four

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times more

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valuable

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because this

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canal

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had been

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scheduled

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to weave

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its way

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right on

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the northern

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border

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of Gaza.

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And Israel's

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planning to

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build towns

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and restaurants,

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of course,

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all the way

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through it.

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It's a now

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super tourist

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feature in

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addition.

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developed

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back at the

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Lawrence Livermore

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lab,

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and they

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found that it

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would cost up

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to 55 billion

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dollars,

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and they

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would have

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to use

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nuclear

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weapons

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to actually

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blow every

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1,500,

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1,300 feet

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to excavate

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it.

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But that

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was a plan

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that was

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deemed

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possible.

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Who knows,

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maybe they've

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cleaned up

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the radiation

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problem since

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then.

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they could

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route the

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canal,

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not north

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of Gaza,

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but run it

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parallel along

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the Egyptian

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border,

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they wouldn't

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have to go

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through the

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sand,

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which has

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huge problems

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of maintenance

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and dredging,

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but through

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the armor

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rock structure

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of that part

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of the desert,

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eliminating

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billions and

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shortening the

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route.

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have to go

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through Gaza.

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Well,

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what's on the

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other side

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of Gaza?

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The natural

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gas deposits.

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And the

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oil and

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the pipeline

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from there

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through the

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Mediterranean Sea

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to all of

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Europe.

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That's also

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scheduled.

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So the

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Persian Gulf

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delivers its

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ships full of

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oil through

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the

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bidirectional

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Ben-Gurion

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Canal,

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dumping them

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into the

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pipeline,

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and then the

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pipeline distributes

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it to

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Europe.

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This is

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the big

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plan.

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And Gaza

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is in the

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way.

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And Gaza

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is in the

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way.