Posts Tagged: Dead Sea
Israel Publishes Draft Law Seeking to Boost State Revenues From Dead Sea Minerals
Israel on Wednesday published a draft law that aims to boost state revenues from a concession for extracting minerals from the Dead Sea as well as tackling its environmental consequences. The Finance Ministry said the proposed law intends to redefine the concession to...
Israel and Jordan Agree to Clean Polluted Jordan River Together
Israel and Jordan on Thursday signed a declaration of intent to jointly work on the ecological rehabilitation and sustainable development of the polluted Jordan River. "The...
Did ‘Cosmic Airburst’ Inspire Biblical Story of Sodom and Gomorrah?
i24 News – A new study presents evidence that a "cosmic airburst" destroyed the Middle Bronze Age city of Tall el-Hammam, located in the Jordan...
Israel Sends Search-and-Rescue Team to Jordan After Deadly Flood Near Dead Sea
At least 18 people, mainly schoolchildren and teachers, were killed in Jordan on Thursday in a flash flood near the Dead Sea that happened while...
Nine Teenagers Dead, One Missing in Southern Israel Flash Flood
At least nine teenage seminary students died after they were swept away by a flash flood in the Negev Desert in southern Israel on Thursday, an ambulance...
Vogue: Israel’s ‘Stunning Beaches’ Have ‘Something for Every Type of Sand Lover’
Vogue magazine published on Tuesday a list of "must-visit" beach spots in Israel for tourists hoping to soak up some sun. The magazine said Tel Aviv's...
Justin Bieber’s Jewish Manager Scooter Braun Lights Up Instagram With Photos From Israel Trip
Justin Bieber's Jewish manager, Scooter Braun, took to Instagram this week to share photos from his trip to Israel with the Canadian pop star, who performed...
$55 Million Project Revives Dead Sea Beaches
JNS.org - Israeli Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin dedicated a new three-mile promenade along the Dead Sea beachfront at Ein Bokek Monday, as part of a $55...
Israel Police: 1,000 Complaints of Stray Camels on Country’s Highways Each Year
The Israel Police said it receives about 1,000 complaints every year about stray camels making their way onto highways in Israel's arid southern region, local blog 0404 News reported on...
100 Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian Students Meet in ‘War for the Environment’
Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian alumni of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies have convened for a three day seminar in the north of Israel, starting Thursday. Around...
Water: Conflict and Cooperation in Israel’s Jordan River Valley (ILLUSTRATED)
The Jordan River runs from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea, the natural boundary separating Israel from Jordan. "Most of the major rivers in Europe...
Scarlett Johansson’s Decision to Back SodaStream Over Oxfam Puts Charity’s Anti-Israel Activism Into Spotlight (INTERVIEW)
Oxfam, founded in Oxford, England, in 1942, as the 'Oxford Committee for Famine Relief,' is now one of the world's largest international charities, with an annual...
German Grandmother Celebrates 104th Birthday at Dead Sea
German tourist, Eleonore Kastner, affectionately known as Oma Ella, celebrated her 104th birthday in a Dead Sea hotel with forty friends and family who traveled with...
Dead Sea-Red Sea Pipeline is a Game Changer for Jewish-Muslim Relations
The widely reported water sharing agreement this week between Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to link the Red Sea and the Dead Sea has...
