The Israel Bond Organization is more than half way towards raising the initial “seed” money for the Mediterranean-Dead Sea canal which will provide water from the Mediterranean for a hydro-electric power station on the Dead Sea. Bond Organization officials told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency they had raised $60 million towards the $100 million which the Israel government wants to use to launch the $1 billion project.
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