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Does anyone realize that if Israel keeps the West Bank it will be possible to build Highways that will shorten?

A lot of travel time in Israel

It will cut the travel time from Tel Aviv to Lake Kinneret by at least 50%

It will cut the travel time from Jerusalem to Ber Sheva by 50%

It will cut the travel time from Jerusalem to Haifa by 50%

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Israel must keep the West Bank not because of the shorter travel time from Jerusalem to Haifa or from Tel Aviv to Kinneret, but just because Judea and Samaria is the Land of the Jews.

    First- this.

    Shorter time - after.

  • Howard
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Gas is very expensive in Israel

    If they keep the West Bank and build the Highways. The Money saved on gas alone will eventually pay for the new highways.

    Also the traveling time saved, will give Israelis many extra work hours which will cover the cost of the highways.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't know where you took your math or geometry lessons, but even in the extreme cases (Manhattan distance versus diagonal on a square) you can't shorten such distance in more than 1/sqrt(2), which is roughly 29%. The actual value is way, way lower.

    As for practical uses - Israel already has road no. 6, and Isn't likely to build another cross-country highway in the next few decades.

    This to say - shortening the distances by a little bit is not a consideration whether Israel keeps the west bank or not.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    You already can drive along the jordan, i support the west bank being part of Israel.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Does anyone realize that if Israel gets eliminated the world will be at peace?

  • 1 decade ago

    Yossi,

    I'm sorry to say that i agree with blackjack/Dead silent because he is confirming that the greater "Isroel" is in their plans.

    Drom the Nile to the Euphrates.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    meanwhile native semitic palestinians spend hours at humiliating israeli check points between every occupied block. Women die in child birth as zionist soldiers laugh.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You'll have to take the long way round then (:

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You'll have to take the long way round then (:

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