Joint Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian venture to see 112-mile pipeline built between Read Sea, Dead Sea. Project meant to explore desalination possibilities, raising Dead Sea declining water levels. Minister Shalom: Project staple of financial peace
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Ynet News, 29 June 2009Vice Premier Silvan Shalom, who is on an official visit in Washington, met with World Bank President Robert Zoellick Friday and was assured of the World Bank’s support of the Dead Sea Canal project’s pilot program.
The Dead Sea Canal project is meant to be a joint Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian Authority venture. It proposes a 112-mile pipeline be built between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, in order to pump some 200 million cubic meters of water both to the Dead Sea and to use in various desalination projects.