Ben Gurion Canal Project
The Ben Gurion Canal Project is a proposed canal project through the state of Israel. It would connect the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea. David Ben Gurion, for…
legislate people’s existence away
laws being passed to limit the rights of groups of people
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