This canal will connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Arabian Sea, serving as a substitute for the Suez Canal. This raises the question of why Israel wants to create an alternative to the Suez Canal.

The Ben Gurion Canal would provide Israel with leverage over one of the world’s most important shipping points. Around 22,000 ships transited the Suez Canal in 2022, representing 12% of world trade.

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is on a key maritime trade route connecting the Indian Ocean to the Suez Canal. The attacks have prompted concerns that global supply chains could be disrupted.

An aerial view shows ships waiting to cross the Suez Canal on March 27, 2021, when the waterway was blocked. Attacks by the Houthis may have serious implications for the trade route.

Rather than investing in Israeli projects that bypass the Suez Canal, Egypt must reduce tensions on the Red Sea and restore the flow of ships through this vital global trade corridor A Houthi ...

The Suez Canal Authority, which runs the waterway, said the canal generated an annual revenue of $3.991 billion in 2024, down from a historic high of $10.25 billion in 2023, according to a ...

The Suez Canal is inaccessible due to Houthi rebels targeting ships off Yemen. Cost of importing goods from Europe to Mombasa has tripled, from Sh72,450 to Sh289,800 per ton.

When they fought: July 1967 to August 1970 Who was fighting: On July 1, 1967, hostilities escalated near the Suez Canal between Israel and Egypt in what Israel called the War of Attrition. What ...

This canal will connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Arabian Sea, serving as a substitute for the Suez Canal. This raises the ...