An Orthodox Christiandunks in the Jordan River during a ritual baptism ceremony January 18, 2009. The Israeli government and environmentalists are sparring over the safety of a baptism site on the ...

One of the world’s most sacred rivers has become ... joint Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian environmental NGO. The lower Jordan River, immortalized in the holy books of Judaism, Christianity ...

(AP) – The symbolically and spiritually significant Jordan River is physically dwindling ... to authenticity — UNESCO has declared it a World Heritage Site “of immense religious significance ...

17 (UPI) --Israel and Jordan have agreed to cooperate on restoration, ecological rehabilitation and sustainable development of the Jordan River ... months to execute. World News // 2 hours ...

Some 780,000 years ago, prehistoric humans regularly gathered near the Jordan River in what is now northern ... of human cooking found anywhere in the world. The research, published in the Nature ...

A historic map of Eretz Israel showing Lake Kinneret and both banks of the Jordan River. The Jordanian Foreign Ministry, known for frequently issuing statements condemning Israel, on Tuesday ...

Politics aside, the strain on some governments to meet water needs complicates calls to add water to the river. Jordan, for instance, is one of the world’s most water-scarce nations, and its ...

Israel and Jordan have signed a declaration of intent, Thursday, Nov. 17 at the U.N. climate conference to conserve and protect their shared Jordan River — a sacred waterway nearly running dry ...

ANTRIM, CHARLEVOIX COUNTIES — Conservation Resource Alliance and project partners have announced the beginning of construction on three stream crossing replacement projects in the Jordan River.

Politics aside, the strain on some governments to meet water needs complicates calls to add water to the river. Jordan, for instance, is one of the world’s most water-scarce nations, and its ...

Politics aside, the strain on some governments to meet water needs complicates calls to add water to the river. Jordan, for instance, is one of the world's most water-scarce nations, and its ...