The Jordan Valley Regional Council has a 10-year plan to triple its population to help ensure that ... US officials and military experts visited the area and agreed it was strategically vital ...

The broad swath of fertile land next to the River Jordan ... the area is vital for security, and Israeli troops must maintain a presence there even if the military pulls out of the more populated ...

An Israeli lawmaker is planning to introduce legislation to annex the Jordan Valley ... which would make the area, which runs along the Jordan River from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea ...

In 1950, the territory was formally annexed by Jordan and divided at the Jordan River, with the Jordanian population ... Jordan Valley comprises 60% of Israel's fully-controlled area in the ...

EAST JORDAN — Perhaps the best-known advocate for the Jordan River Valley is gone ... “The watershed is the land area drained by that distinct water body, the Jordan River, and the South ...

At one stage, the trail runs adjacent to the Grand Traverse area. It briefly follows the Boardman River until turning north at Kalkaska toward the Jordan River Valley, and winds through roughly 17 ...

“It also functions as a park area with ... West Valley City and South Salt Lake all meet, in the middle of the Jordan River. Winder said about half Millcreek’s population lives west of ...

AMMAN — The Jordan Valley covers approximately ... banks of the Jordan River, the archaeologist continued, adding that some scholars have suggested that the builders of the Pottery Neolithic villages ...