World Bank approves a canal to save the Dead Sea

As reported by Michal Bleibtreu Neeman in The Epoch Times, April 17, 2013:

EIN GEDI, Israel—The World Bank approved a rescue plan to save the Dead Sea, which is drying up at a rate of about three feet annually, but environmental groups argue the plan will result in ecological disaster.

After a decade of debates, the World Bank confirmed in January the feasibility of building a canal between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea at a cost of $10 billion...