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2024-03-10 16:50:05 UTC - HELPFUL
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The Suez Canal was created 90 years before what we call modern day Israel was created. The canal, which lies entirely in Egypt, was created to shorten shipping route between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#:~:text=In%201858%2C%20Ferdinand%20de%20Lesseps,opened%20on%2017%20November%201869. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/creation-israel#:~:text=On%20May%2014%2C%201948%2C%20David,nation%20on%20the%20same%20day.
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