So fiber-optic cables that go from Europe to India take the sea route via Egypt’s Suez Canal, just as ships do.
Another Mediterranean cable makes land not far away, in Israel.
But there’s no cable overland from Israel into Jordan and to the Persian Gulf, which could have provided a redundant connection for the Gulf States and India. Going overland would have been more expensive and politically difficult — Israel and Arab countries would have to cooperate.
There is also no route that goes through Russia, Iran and Pakistan to India.
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