“…when Eilat came under fire the Iron Dome did not fire a single interceptor rocket to intercept the two rockets aimed at the Israeli population center…”
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The railway, if built, is expected to serve both passengers and freight. The high-speed passenger service will carry travelers from Tel Aviv to Eilat in two hours or less with one intermediate stop (at the Be’er Sheva North Railway Station), and with a slower service offering from Beersheba to Eilat, stopping at a number of towns and villages in the Arava. The freight service will serve as an alternative to the Suez Canal, allowing countries in Asia to pass goods to Europe through Israel.
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This means that if ever the Egyptian government in the future tried to block Israeli access to the Suez Canal, e Israeli economy will not miss a beat.
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Israel and China today signed historic cooperation agreements to build the Eilat railway and future projects, including the inland canal port north of Eilat. Minister of Transport Yisrael Katz and China’s Minister of Transport Li Shenglin signed the memorandum of understanding in Beijing.
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Yediot: Secret Israeli-Egypt Efforts to Counter Iran Threat, IDF Report Confirms Eilat Terror Cells Not from Gaza
Yediot Achronot’s veteran military correspondent, Alex Fishman, reveals for the first time the substance of the secret IDF report about the Eilat terror attack. He also reveals secret Israeli-Egyptian meetings designed to unblock the Shalit prisoner exchange and counter the alleged Iranian regional threat. I should add that I don’t agree with or accept many of the premises offered by Fishman below. But it’s instructive to hear what he has to say because it reveals the thinking of the Israeli military-intelligence apparatus.
Grebulon reports from gitmonation falafel
