http://www.geocities.com/cliff_shack/oil_chrono.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal In1836 Rabbi Kalisher approached the Rothschild family to fund the establishment of Israel. They were not interested. The French built the Suez Canal but the Egyptian Pasha was in need of money so they wanted to sell their shares of the Suez Canal. The French wanted to buy all the shares but the […]