The Jordan River lies between the countries of Jordan and Israel. The river also borders Syria, Lebanon, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The river flows into the Dead Sea, which claims the ...

Israel responded by creating a new eastern ... largely in a strip of land along the Israeli border, close to the Jordan River. It would simply be unable to accommodate a significant inflow of ...

Israel’s Cabinet today reviewed in detail the various developments surrounding steps taken or planned by the Arab states for diversion of the headwaters of the Jordan River. The reports from the ...

Upstream, at the Sea of Galilee, the river's fresh waters are diverted via Israel's National Water Carrier to the cities and farms of Israel, while dams built by Jordan and Syria claim a share of ...

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Two areas farmed by Israelis for more than 50 years have recently been returned to neighbouring Jordan. The first, al Ghamr (known in Israel as Zofar), is located south of ...

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa ... where Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan River. Credit: Solène Tadié And to encourage the country ...

the State of Israel, the West Bank (of the Jordan River), and the Gaza Strip. Over the following years, tensions rose in the region, particularly between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

Jordan has condemned a decision by Israel to advance a plan to build a railway line and station underneath the heart of Jerusalem's Old City. The Israeli transport ministry said on Monday that a ...