Below are recent articles and news items written about EcoPeace Middle East, in chronological order (most recent on top), regarding all our projects…
December 16, 2021, Water-for-Energy Is Better Than Land-for-Peace, Foreign Policy, by Anchal Vohra
December 13, 2021, Podcast: WASH at the heart of peace and war, Devex Pro, by Rebecca Root, Amruta Byatnal, Naomi Mihara
December 6, 2021, Israel, Jordan to cooperate on solar, water projects, Clean Energy News, by Kevin Adler
November 29, 2021, Uniting the Middle East with Climate Policy, High Atlas Foundation, by Gabrielle Rosario
November 23, 2021, Israel, Jordan, and the UAE’s energy deal is good news, by Bruce Riedel and Natan Sachs, The Brookings Institution
November 23, 2011, Israel, Jordan, UAE sign pivotal deal to swap solar energy, desalinated water, The Hill, by Sharon Udasin
November 22, 2021, Solar electricity to Israel, desalinated water to Jordan: this is how the countries managed to reach a historic (Hebrew), Davar, by Erez Raviv
November 21, 2021, Middle East Newsletter: Dubai Rebound Shaping Up, Bloomberg, by Gwen Ackerman and Netty Idayu Ismail
November 21, 2021, Water for Electricity: Israel and Jordan Strike a Deal, Israel Today, by Rami Dabbas
November 17, 2021, Israel and Jordan to sign energy and water agreement, i24 News
November 17, 2021, Jordan, Israel, UAE set to sign ‘energy-for-water’ mega project — Axios, Jordan News
November 17, 2021, Israel and Jordan to Sign U.S.-Backed Water-for-Energy Pact, Bloomberg, by Daniel Avis
November 17, 2021, Israel, UAE, Jordan to sign US-backed water-for-energy pact, Alarabiya News (Bloomberg)
November 17, Exposure: Israel and Jordan will sign “electricity for water” deal next week (Hebrew), Walla, by Barak Ravid
November 17, 2021, Scoop: Israel, Jordan and UAE to sign deal for huge solar farm, Axios, by Barak Ravid
November 17, 2021, Israel, Jordan to sign UAE-mediated energy and water agreement, The Jerusalem Post, by Lahav Harkov
November 13, 2021, Waterkeepers at COP26, by K.C. Schulberg
November 12, 2021, Climate: testing ground for peace-building in the Middle East, International Affairs
November 12, 2021, Climate: test bench for peacebuilding in the Middle East, (Italian), Affari Internazionali, by Giorgio Gomel.
November 11, 2021, Sinkholes, Depletion, & Waste: Dead Sea Vanishing, But Israel Doesn’t Have Concrete Plans to Save It, Sputnik International, by Elizabeth Blade
November 10, 2021, Green Blue Deal for the Middle East wins Council of Europe’s Democracy Innovation Award, Council of Europe
November 10, 2021, Middle Eastern NGO offers path to peace built on water, renewable energy, Vatican News, by Devin Watkins
November 9, 2021, Democracy Forum: Dalit Wolf Golan (EcoPeace), in the Middle East “many of the conflicts are fueled by water shortages”, SIR Religious Information Service Information agency
November 9, 2021, Democracy Forum: Dalit Wolf Golan (EcoPeace), in the Middle East “a lot of conflicts are driven by water scarcity”, (Italian) SIR Agenzia d’informazione
November 9, 2021, Climate crisis as change agent? For Israel and Jordan, a warmer peace, The Christian Science Monitor, by Taylor Luck and Dina Kraft
November 9, 2021, The climate fighters: Who really saves our planet and how you can become a climate hero yourself – Inspirational ideas for saving the world (German Edition), edited by Marc Engelhardt
November 8, 2021, Sinkholes multiply as Dead Sea recedes, AP Archive
November 8, 2021, Middle East activists say that climate can trump politics: They propose a “green-blue deal” for the region, The Economist, by Nada Majdalani, Yana Abu Taleb and Gidon Bromberg
November 3, 2021, Saudi Arabia’s green initiative wins plaudits, China Daily, by Jan Yumul
November 3, 2021, Regional leaders set to ratify Middle East climate plan next year, Times of Israel, by Sue Surkes
November 2, 2021, Groundswell: Gidon Bromberg on Regional Interdependence, Moment Magazine, by Rachel Benaim-Abudarham
November 2021, IPF Atid: Climate Security Ep. 1, Israel Policy Pod
November 3, 2021, Saudi Arabia’s green initiative wins plaudits, chinadaily.com.cn
November 2, 2021, The Dead is dying as thousands of sinkholes emerge in Israel, First Post
October 31, 2021, Sinkholes Are Appearing in Dead Sea’s Receding Coast Line, Nature World News
October 31, 2021, 20 Israelis leading the way out of the climate crisis, Israel21C
October 29, 2021 How did a thriving natural ‘spa’ on the Dead Sea coast turn into a “ghost town”?, Market Research Telecast
October 26, 2021, Biden and Mother Nature Have Reshaped the Middle East, The New York Times
October 21, 2021, Israeli minister sees opportunity at UN climate conference, The Washington Post, by Josef Federman
October 21, 2021, Israeli minister sees opportunity at UN climate conference, AP News, by Josef Federman
October 19, 2021, What Next for the Dead Sea, Israel21C, by Abigail Klein Leichman
October 19, 2021, Cycling for democracy: 7th episode – Israel, produced by Urubu films for the World Forum for Democracy.
October 12, 2021, Israel signs deal to double water supply to Jordan, Times of Israel, by AFP
October 12, 2021, Israel signs agreement to duplicate water supply for Jordan, (Spanish), Swissinfo.ch.
September 29, 2021, Climate change: Water scarcity brings Israel and Jordan closer, Paris Beacon
September 24, 2021, A Conversation on Geopolitics & Climate Change with EcoPeace and Thomas Friedman, High Atlas Foundation, by Gabrielle Rosario
August 31, 2021, Drought diplomacy helps boost Israel-Jordan ties, France 24
August 21, 2021, Jordan EcoPark’s new green water filter, Khaleej Times
August 6, 2021, Transboundary Cooperation between India and Pakistan worth a try, Greater Kashmir, by Dr. Rajan Kotru & Dr. Rafi Ahmad
July 2021, Water, a potential ally for peace between Israel and its neighbors (French), by Aline Jaccottet
July 27 2021, Chapter 10, What is Hiding Behind the Turtle Bridge? (Hebrew), Democrat TV
July 21, 2021, Winds of peace fuel Israeli-led expedition to Sudan to save Red Sea Coral Reefs, by Sue Surkes
July 20, 2021, As Israel and Jordan face an environmental squeeze, they must rebuild trust, Atlantic Council, by Gabriel Mitchell
July 19, 2021, Things You Did Not Know About The Dead Sea (Hebrew), Travelers in the country
July 19, 2021, Untapped Potential: Women Leadership is Key to Effective Water Diplomacy in the Middle East, by Holly Sarkissian
July 13, 2021, Ensuring Water Security in the Middle East: Policy Implications, European Institute of the Mediterranean, by Liel Maghen (ed.), Shira Kronich (ed.)
July 8, 2021, Israel Agrees to Dramatically Increase Water Supply to Parched Jordan, Times of Israel, by Amy Spiro and Aaron Boxerman
July 8, 2021, Jordan, Israel agree to water deal; more West Bank trade, Aljazeera
July 8, 2021, Jordan agrees on major deal with Israel on water sale, Palestine trade, TRT World
July 7, 2021, Water, potential ally for peace between Israel and its neighbours, (French), Le Temps, by Tibérlade Allne Jacott
July 3, 2021, Israeli PM Bennett makes water overture to Jordan before Washington visit, Jerusalem, by Tovah Lazaroff
July 2, 2021, Bennett agrees to provide Jordan with an extra 50 million cubic meters of water per year, Al Arabi Jadid (The New Arab)
July 2021, Water, a potential ally for peace between Israel and its neighbours (French), Une Terre Deux Peuples. Mille Réalités, by Aline Jaccottet
June 30, 2021, Jordan’s Water Authority launches wastewater treatment station funded by Germany, Zawya by Refinitiv
June 30, 2021, Water Authority launches wastewater treatment station funded by Germany, The Jordan Times
June 2021, Mediation Peace with Climate Change, by Alex Grzybowski & Chanda Hunnie
Spring 2021 (Volume 17), Turning a Water Crisis into a Path to Peace, Letter from the Executive Director | Innovation, Waterkeeper Alliance Magazine, by Marc Yaggi
June 23, 2021, The World Climate and Security Report 2021, International Military Council on Climate and Security
June 23, 2021, Advancing Climate Security in the Middle East: EcoPeace’s “Green Blue
Deal” Report, Cyber Security News
June 21, 2021, World Climate and Security Report Reveals Strain on Military and Security Services, Homeland Security Today, by Lindsey Wilkinson
June 14, 2021, Holy Land Uncovered, i24NEWS
June 10, 2021, The Disappearing Dead Sea, Foreign Correspondent, by Eric Tlozek
June 3, 2021, Tapping into climate change: A way to build trust in the Middle East?, Climate Diplomacy, by Adrian Foong (adelphi)
May 30, 2021, Water supplies, once an obstacle, can now be an impetus for peace, Times of Israel, by Gidon Bromberg
May 28, 2021, Peace through a basin-wide Jordan River power and water agreement, The Ellsworth American, by Peter Sly
May 26, 2021, A Ceasefire Won’t Protect Palestinians From Looming Climate Threats—Or Israel From the Fallout, TIME, by Ciara Nugent
May 22, 2021, Valuing Water (bonus episode from World Water Day), Let’s Talk About Water podcast, by Jay Famiglietti
May 22, 2021, The environmental situation in Gaza is deteriorating rapidly and also endangers the citizens of Israel, Thing (Hebrew), by Uriel Levy
May 14, 2021, Good Water Neighbours: Direct and indirect effects of community
engagement on transboundary water cooperation in the Jordan river
basin, Uppsala University, by Wanja Kaufmann
May 2021, The Jordan River: Understanding Water in a Conflict Zone, by Amanda Nicole Leifer
April 2021 #276, Towards a Green New Deal in Palestine, This Week in Palestine, p.52
by Shaddad Attili
April 2021, Volume 118, pp. 49-55, The Impact of Adopting a Water-Energy Nexus Approach in Jordan on Transboundary Management, Environmental Science & Policy
by Jonathan Chenoweth, Raya A. Al-Masri
March 24, 2021, Mideastern Trio Hopes That Peace Is in the Air (and Water), The Christian Science Monitor, by Dina Kraft
March 9, 2021, Jordan River Waterkeeper Takes to the Virtual World, Waterkeeper Alliance Newsletter
March 3, 2021, The Climate Crisis is a Lever for Regional Cooperation (Hebrew), Ha’aretz, by Nadav Tal
February 2021, Environmental Peacebuilding, by Tobias Ide
February 23, 2021, On Assignment, ITV News
reported by John Irvine
February 18, 2021, Ownership and inequalities: exploring UNEP’s Environmental Cooperation for Peacebuilding Program, Sustainability Science, by Florian Krampe
February 15, 2021, Solar power for water: A bold new peace equation for the Middle East, Plus61J Media
by Josh Mitnick
February 2021, Desalination and hydrodiplomacy: Refreshening transboundary water negotiations or adding salt to the wounds?, Environmental Science and Policy
by David Katz
January 29, 2021, New Aid for Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding Aims at Issues Underlying Security, Just Security
by David Harary
January 27, 2021, EcoPeace Annual Conference, E3G Coronavirus Crisis Digest
by Juliet Phillips
January 22, 2021, EcoPeace Unveils “Green Blue Deal” Report to Advance Climate Security in the Middle East, Environment & Climate in the Middle East
January 21, 2021, Planting Hope, Growing Peace: Models for Sustainable Peacebuilding in the MENA, Morocco World News
by Adina Friedman
January 15, 2021, From Socialist Kibbutz to Free Market Economy: What Counts for Israel’s Water Miracle?, International Journal of Water Management and Diplomacy
by Cemre Tepecik
January 13, 2021, Controversial gas power plant approved over energy minister’s objection, Times of Israel
by Sue Surkes
January 12, 2021, A Decade After the Arab Spring, These Activists Are Finding New Ways to Fight for Progress, Time Magazine
by Joseph Hincks
January 11, 2021, Water and ‘Imperfect Peace’ in the Euphrates–Tigris River Basin, International Affairs
by Aysegul Kibaroglu, Ramazan Caner Sayan
January 11, 2021, Environmental Peacebuilding From Below: Customary Approaches in Timor-Leste, International Affairs, by Tobias Ide, Lisa R. Palmer, Jon Barnett
January 8, 2021, Peace Building and Eco-Justice in the West Bank Through a New Lens, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
by Saskia Keeley
January, 2021, An Ecological Response to Ethno-Nationalistic Populism: Grassroots Environmental Peacebuilding in South Asia, International Affairs
by Mirza Sadaqat Huda
December 31, 2020, Transboundary Water Justice and Environmental Peacebuilding in the Middle East (podcast), Liberal Arts Collective at Penn State
by Merve Tabur (LAC)
December 23, 2020, EcoPeace harnesses natural resources for peace in the region, The Jerusalem Post
December 19, 2020, The dead sea’s water level has dropped by 22 meters, Jordan TV (Arabic)
December 14, 2020, Coping with Water Scarcity in the Jordan River Basin, The Century Foundation
by Ram Aviram, Ahmad Hindi & Saad Abu Hammour
December 13, 2020, Come Together at the River: The Sacred Sites of the Jordan River, Veg(etari)an Arguments in Culture, History, and Practice: Taking an Anti-Sacrificial Stance: The Essentializing Rhetoric and Affective Nature of Meat Consumption in Islam
by Nora Abdul-Aziz, Daniella Fedak-Lengel, Lara Martin Lengel
December 13, 2020, Cultural and Spiritual Significance of Nature: Guidance for Protected and Conserved Area Governance and Management
by Bas Verschuuren, Josep-Maria Mallarach, Edwin Bernbaum, Jeremy Spoon, Steve Brown, Radhika Borde, Jessica Brown, Mark Calamia, Nora Mitchell, Mark Infield, Emma Lee, Craig Groves (Series Editor)
December 11, 2020, Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian cooperation for peace, sustainability, Jewish News (Britain)
by Gidon Bromberg
December 8, 2020, Navigating a Green Blue Deal for the Middle East, Climate Dipomacy (blog)
by Raquel Munayer (adelphi)
November 28, 2020, Mosab al-Hindi’s fight for water, and against huge odds, in Gaza, LifeGate
curated by Christian Elia
November 27, 2020, How Social Entrepreneurs Faced COVID-19 with Innovation and Empathy, Skoll Foundation
November 20, 2020, Mideast Climate Change, Water Scarcity Could Bring Instability (with VIDEO REPORT), The Media Line
by Mohammad Al-Kassim
November 5, 2020, ‘EcoPeace with Gidon Bromberg’, Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close Ups Podcast ISRAEL EDITION
by Sophia Felson
November 3, 2020, Collaborating Across Borders: Young Professionals in the Middle East Tackle Region’s Water Issues, New Security Beat
by Leah Emanuel
October 31, 2020, Advancing the peace process depends on civilian ties, Jerusalem Post
by Roee Kirk and Einat Levi
September 2020, Bright Idea (Standford Law) Podcast
September 30, 2020, Will Israel Buy Jordanian Green Electricity in the Future?, Jewish Journal
By Racheli Wacks
September 23, 2020, Peace Talks Podcast (episode 10), The Tragedy of the Commons
by David Eastman & Daniel Blinick
September 21, 2020, SIWI blog, Inspiring solutions presented at the High-Level Panel on Water Diplomacy
by Alexandra Said
September 17, 2020, Foreign Policy Don’t Politicise Water
by Erika Weinthal & Neda Zawahri
September 10, 2020, The Christian Science Monitor, In Gaza, surge of coronavirus spurs fears and a jolt of pragmatism
by Joshua Mitnick
September 1, 2020, The Times of Israel, Opponents of planned gas-fired power station take campaign to Germany
by Sue Surkes
August 31, 2020, Handelsblatt, Klimaaktivisten machen kurz vor Börsengang gegen Siemens Energy mobil (translation in English)
by Axel Hopner & Kathrin Witsch
August 25, 2020, The Jerusalem Post, Israel considering deal with Jordan on solar energy – report
by Cody Levine
August 24, 2020, Al-Monitor, Israel-Hamas escalation halts sewage treatment, generates ecological crisis
by Rina Bassist
August 23, 2020, The Guardian, Israel moots plan to buy solar power from former enemy Jordan
by Oliver Holmes & Quique Kierszenbaum
August, 2020, Summer Edition – Waterkeeper Magazine, River of Memory, River of Hope, pp.35-41
by Ellen Simon
August 21, 2020, The Times of Israel, Stopping fuel supplies into Gaza harms Israel
by Gidon Bromberg
July 8, 2020, Moving water from last to first in the Middle East peace process
by David B. Brooks & Julie Trottier
July 8, 2020, Vol 12: Journal of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, The Successful Resolution to the Jordan River Transboundary Water Dispute
by Joseph Rossi
July 2, 2020, The Published Reporter, Exploitation Of The Environment In War Or Armed Conflict Is Inevitable; Three Case Studies Including Gaza Strip, Yemen, And Iraq
by George Stacey
July 1, 2020, ecohustler, Rivers, religion and renewables
by Millie Lord
June 24, 2020, Al Monitor, Battle rages over Israel’s plan for industrial zone in unique West Bank landscape
June 23, 2020, i24News, Israel-Jordan Cooperation at Risk Over Annexation Push
June 19, 2020, The McGill International Review, Environmental Peacebuilding in the Middle East: The Bridge Between Climate and Conflict
by
June 17, 2020, The Times of Israel, Debating contest teaches Israeli highschoolers rules of dignified argument
by Sue Surkes
June 14, 2020, S&D Magazine, Actresses of change, vectors of peace
by Lola Breton
June 13, 2020, Cision PR Web, Global Organizations Converge to Declare World UNITY Week
June 11, 2020, The Telegraph, West Bank’s ancient terraces threatened by settlers’ plan to build business park on Unesco site
by
June 10, 2020, Haaretz, Industrial Zone in West Bank Settlement Would Harm Palestinian Water Sources, Environmentalists Say
by Zafrir Rinat
May 26, 2020, Energizing Mid–East water diplomacy: The potential for regional water–energy exchanges
by David Katz & Arkadiy Shafran
May 21, 2020, Cath News, Little left of once mighty River Jordan
by Gidon Bromberg, Yana Abu Taleb, Nada Majdalani
May 18, 2020, The Christian Post, The place of Jesus’ baptism could disappear
by Gidon Bromberg, Yana Abu Taleb, Nada Majdalani
May 11, 2020, US News, Israeli Scientists Examining Wastewater to Track the Coronavirus
by Sara Stoth Stub
May 11, 2020, WTOP News, How Wastewater May Help Track the Coronavirus
May 5, 2020, Times of Israel, Could wastewater carry coronavirus? Expert says research needed urgently
by Sue Surkes
May, 2020, Deep Blue, Environmental Peacebuilding and the Transferability of EcoPeace Middle East’s Strategy
by Andrew Light
April 22, 2020, The Oberlin Review, Environmental Peacebuilding in the Middle East
by Antonia Offen
April 17, 2020, The Times of Israel, Op-Ed, COVID-19 shows how reckless Jordan Valley annexation would be
by Gidon Bromberg, Nada Majdalani, Yana Abu Taleb
March 26, 2020, Israel HaYom, Israel, the Palestinians, coronavirus and peace
by Alan Baker
March 26, 2020, Foreign Policy, Palestinians Brace for an Outbreak in One of the World’s Most Densely Populated Territories
by Joshua Mitnick
March 11, 2020, The Christian Science Monitor, ‘Something human’: Mideast fight against virus elicits rare unity
by Joshua Mitnick
March 11, 2020, Social Ecology Sydney, Peace Pilgrimage to the Middle East 2020
by Ben-Zion Weiss
March 10, 2020, AL-MONITOR, Coronavirus oblivious to Israeli, Palestinian borders
by Akiva Eldar
March 8, 2020, Parabola Magazine, Pilgrimage to the Promised Land
by Trebbe Johnson
March 2020, St. Antony’s International Review, Volume 15, Number 2, pp. 42-67(26), Climate Securitisation in the Israeli-Palestinian Context: Climate Discourses, Security, and Conflict
by Edgar Roberts
March 2020 (updated July 2021), Good News from the Planet: Water, documentary, ARTE (German)
February 24, 2020, i24 News, Living Water Festival in Megiddo Brings Spiritual Leaders Together
February 7, 2020, JewishPress.com, Clergy From Around the Planet Gathered to Pray for the Environment at Megiddo National Park,
by David Israel
February 4, 2020, The New York Times, Mother Nature Scoffs at Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan
by Thomas L. Friedman
January 16, 2020, Combined Honours Society (Durham University), Exploring water scarcity in Israel, Palestine and Jordan: A summer of solo exploration
by Jemima Oakey (EcoPeace intern)
January 3, 2020, State of the Planet, Earth Institute, Columbia University, Landscape Conversion and its Impacts on Biodiversity Conservation in the Middle East
by Anna Shulman
December 29, 2019, Kleine Zeitung (German)
How fresh water from the Sea of Galilee should bring peace to the Middle East
by Gil Yaron
December 24, 2019, Salzburger Nachrichten (German)
Water from Israel and Gaza, Solar from Jordan
by Gil Yaron
December 24, 2019, DIPLO (WebDebate)
The diplomacy of natural resources in the Middle East
Hosted by Katharina Höne
December 23, 2019, The Jewish Chronicle
Time to grasp the link between climate and war, says Israeli lawyer Gidon Bromberg
By Ben Welch
December 22, 2019, Let’s Talk About Water – Part 2 (podcast)
Water, peace and the Middle East
Hosted by Jay Famiglietti
December 19, 2019, Notes from an Optimist (blog)
25 Years of Environmental Peacebuilding
December 16, 2019, The Guardian
Groups to tackle water security challenges in Lake Chad
by Victoria Nwosu
December 15, 2019, Haaretz (Hebrew/Subscription Only)
A river that crosses countries in the heart of Europe has become a symbol of pollution and a symbol of peace
by Zafrir Rinat
December 15, 2019, Let’s Talk About Water – Part 1 (podcast)
Water, peace and the Middle East
Hosted by Jay Famiglietti
November 21, 2019, Calcalist Weekend Magazine (Hebrew)
The United States is no Longer a Democracy
by Amir Kurz
November 11, 2019, Ynet (Hebrew)
Kennedy Jr. for the Environment
by Yael Veltzer
November 7, 2019, Times of Israel
Sinking Israel-Jordan relations leave Dead Sea, a natural wonder, low and dry
by Sue Surkes
November 6, 2019, Yale Macmillan Center
Global trailblazer in environmental peacebuilding to deliver Coca-Cola World Fund Lecture
October 29, 2019, The New York Jewish Week
Peace With Not Just People, But Also Nature
by Miriam Groner
October 20, 2019, Morocco World News
Environmental Innovation: A Shared Palestinian and Israeli Value
by Perri Huggins
October 15, 2019, Woodrow Wilson Centre
Thirsty Planet: How Water Can be a Source of Conflict or Cooperation
Interview with John Milewski
October 11, 2019, The Daily Northwestern
Gidon Bromberg stresses opportunity, need for environmental cooperation in the Middle East
by Jackson Miller
September 15, 2019, The Times of Isreal
Annexing the Jordan Valley threatens regional security
by Gidon Bromberg & Yana Abu Taleb
September 12, 2019, Jungle World (German)
Drop by Drop
by Nicole Tomasek
September 12, 2019, MENAFN – The Peninsula
Advocates propose solutions to water scarcity crisis in Cape Town edition of Doha Debates
September 7, 2019, Morocco World News
The Climate Crisis Could Help Fuel Peace in the MENA Region
by Perri Huggins
August 31, 2019, Morocco World News
World Water Week: Crisis Drives Regional Cooperation
by Perri Huggins
August 26, 2019, Climate Diplomacy
“We can’t disengage from our shared environment” – Interview with Palestinian, Jordanian and Israeli EcoPeace Directors
by Raquel Munayer (adelphi)
July, 2019, The Wilson Quarterly
Sea, Sun, and Peace?
by Naomi Zeveloff
July 11, 2019, Zavit
A Spillover Crisis: How Gaza’s Water Shortage Affects Israel
by Tamar Lavi
June 27, 2019, The Times of Israel
Plan to pump desalinated water to Sea of Galilee may open diplomatic floodgates
by Melanie Lidman
June 15, 2019, Infobae
Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians work together to clean up the polluted river where Jesus was baptized
by Marcelo Raimon
June 5, 2019, New Security Beat
Middle East: EcoPeace Urges UN to Back Water-Energy Cooperation to Increase Security
by Ladeene Freimuth
June 3, 2019, Haaretz
Collapsing Environmental State of Gaza Poses Threat to Israel’s National Security, Report Warns
by Zafrir Rinat
May 28, 2019, AL-MONITOR
Who cares about Israel’s polluted air?
by Akiva Eldar
May 25, 2019, HEINRICH BOLL STIFTUNG
In it for the long haul: The Israeli-Palestinian peace-building community in turbulent times
by Sarah Charlotte Henkel
May 15, 2019, E-International Relations, Environmental (In)Security in the Middle East
by Adriana Seagle
May 10, 2019, BBC
Could desalination help prevent water wars?
May 3, 2019, Plus61J
Bromberg to UN Security Council: remove water from Mid-East conflict
May 2, 2019, J Post
Remove Water from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, urges EcoPeace
by Tovah Lazaroff
April 30, 2019, Planetary Security Initiative
Civil Society in the UN Security Council: Reminder of a Common Ground
April 29, 2019, United Nations
Civil Society Speakers Paint Grim Picture of Deepening Crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory, as Security Council Takes Up Middle East Situation
December 24, 2018, ABC News
‘I really thought it’d be bigger’: The battle to save the holy water of the Jordan River’
by Eric Tlozek
December 24, 2018, weatherwatch.co.nz
‘I really thought it’d be bigger’: The battle to save the holy water of the Jordan River’
December 23, 2018, The Daily Caller
Opinion: The Jordan River Valley is Running Out of Water — And That’s Bad for Everyone
by former Mayor John Dickert & Sherri Goodman
November 29, 2018, NBC News
The Dead Sea is dying. A $1.5 billion plan aims to resurrect it
by Linda Givetash
November 5, 2018, The Algemeiner
Israel Sees Desalination as Sea of Galilee’s Savior
by Reuters & Algemeiner Staff
October 30, 2018, Aljazeera
How can Gaza’s contaminated water catastrophe be solved?
by Sandy Tolan
October 21, 2018, Israel21C
EcoPeace Middle East receives 2018 Stanford Bright Award
October 21, 2018, The New York Times
Jordan Reclaims Lands Used by Israel Under Peace Treaty
by Isabel Kershner & Rana F. Sweis
August 23, 2018, Stanford News
Stanford’s top environmental award given to Jordan River peacemakers
by Taylor Kubota
May 22, 2018, New York Times
Hamas, Netanyahu and Mother Nature
by Thomas Friedman
April 2, 2018, The Hill
Beating pandemic disease in Gaza
Op-ed by Gidon Bromberg, Nada Majdalani, Munqeth Mehyar
February 21, 2018, Happy Trips
Slow disappearance of Dead Sea raises alarm
by Resham Sengar
February 6, 2018, New York Times
Everyone is Going All the Way
by Thomas Friedman
February 2, 2018, Reuters
Commentary: To make peace in the Middle East, focus first on water
by Gidon Bromberg, Nada Majdalani, Munqeth Mehyar
January 29, 2018, Haaretz
Jerusalem Suburb’s Expansion Threatens to Flood Small Palestinian Village
by Nir Hasson
January 20, 2018, Czech TV 24 (in Czech)
The Israeli water miracle for the current drought is not enough; we need to combine forces of the entire region
January 18, 2018, +61J
Water, sewage, and disease do not recognise the Green Line
by Eetta Prince-Gibson
December 6, 2017, Israel 21c
EcoPeace Middle East wins 2 Prestigious Prizes
December 2, 2017, The Economist
Jordan’s water crisis is made worse by a feud with Israel
November 30, 2017, CCTV (Chinese TV)
A Diplomatic Storm Threatens the Red Sea Dead Sea Project
November 28, 2017, Geneva Center for Security Policy
EcoPeace Middle East Wins GCSP 2017 Prize for Innovation in Global Security
November 6, 2017, Foreign & Commonwealth Office blog
The Environment Knows No Borders: A Tour of the Gaza-Israeli Border with EcoPeace
by Lara Krasnostein
October 31, 2017, New York Times
Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action
(or here if the above link doesn’t work)
by AP
October 31, 2017, San Francisco Chronicle
Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action
By Karin Laub, Associated Press
October 31, 2017, ABC News
Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action
by Karin Laub, AP
October 31, 2017, Fox News
Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action
by Karin Laub, AP
October 2017, American Diplomany
Water as a basic human right within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
by Erika Weinthal
September 3, 2017, CNN
Israeli Mayors call on US to solve Gaza’s electricity crisis
by Oren Liebermann and Abeer Salman
August 30, 2017, Jerusalem Post
COGAT works to thwart disease from sewage pollution
by Tovah Lazaroff
August 1, 2017, TT Nyhetsbyron (Swedish)
Dirty water “ticking bomb” in Gaza
by Sofia Ericksson
July 18, 2017, The Media Line
Palestinian Sewage Polluting Israeli Streams
by Linda Gradstein
July 14, 2017, Jerusalem Post
PA, Gaza to get more H20 under Red-Dead Water Sharing Agreement
by Sharon Udasin
July 13, 2017, The Times of Israel
Israel, Palestinians reach landmark water deal for West Bank, Gaza
by Raphael Ahren and Melanie Lidman
July 13, 2017, New York Daily News
Trump envoy helps broker Israeli-Palestinian water deal
by AP
July 13, 2017, The Los Angeles Times
Israelis and Palestinians agree to water deal to help communities suffering chronic shortages
by Joshua Mitnick
July 13, 2017, The Tower
U.S. Announces Landmark Water Deal Between Israel, Palestinian Authority
July 6, 2017, Jerusalem Post
Gaza Sewage Forces Shutdown of Israeli Beach
by Sharon Udasin and Tovah Lazaroff
July 6, 2017, Haaretz
Electricity Shortages in Gaza Lead to Beach Pollution Just Over the Border in Israel
by Almog Ben Zikri
July 5, 2017, Walla News (Hebrew)
Danger to bathers: Due to pollution from Gaza, at least 2 Israeli southern beaches closed
by Yanir Yigneh
June 20, 2017, Jerusalem Post
Raw Sewage Seeps Out of Gaza as Electricity Supplies Dwindle
by Sharon Udasin
June 7, 2017, New Jersey Jewish News
Could Trump steer Israel and the Palestinians onto the road to peace?
by Martin J. Raffel
May 28, 2017, Ynet (Hebrew)
Preventing a Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza, an Israeli Interest
(click here for an English translation)
by Yair Farjun
May 21, 2017, Jerusalem Post
US Congress Members Lobby Trump on Israeli-Palestinian Water Issues
by Sharon Udasin
May 16, 2017, Jerusalem Post
Cross-Border Water Pollution Threatens Israeli Security, Watchdog Says
by Sharon Udasin
May 4, 2017, Jerusalem Post
Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian Venture Seeks Help on Gaza Resource Crisis
by Sharon Udasin
March 23, 2017, Jerusalem Post
A Regional Water Superpower
by Natan Odenheimer
March 21, 2017, Deutsche Welle, German news
Can the dying Dead Sea be saved?
by Greg Norman
March 17, 2017, i24 news
Daily Dose – Earth View (Dead Sea item)
with Yael Lavie, and Daniel Roth
February 15, 2017, Science Alert
28 People Swam Across the Dead Sea to Prove a Point About the Environment
by Talia Lakritz
February 13, 2017, Times of Israel
As the Dead Sea dries, its collapsing shores force a return to nature
by Melanie Lidman
February 9, 2017, Business Insider
People swam in the deadliest sea on Earth to prove a point about the environment
by Talia Lakritz
February 2, 2017, Bloomberg News
How Do Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia? Very Quietly
by Jonathan Ferziger and Peter Waldman
December 23, 2016, Social Entrepreneurship
Connecting Environmental Protection and Peace in the Middle East
by Tony Loyd
December 19, 2016, Jerusalem Post
A fresh look at Israeli/Palestinian freshwater issues
by Wendy B. Jacbos, Robert C. Bordone, Hrafnhildur Bragadottir
December 15, 2016, Calcalist (Hebrew)
Reviving the Dead Sea
by Ari Livsker
December 14, 2016, i24 News (French)
Do we have the power to save the Dead Sea?
by Paul Amar
December 13, 2016, Artuz 9 Radio (Russian)
Israeli MK Erel Margalit on EcoPeace conference
December 9, 2016, Hamodiya (Hebrew)
Pumping water from the Kinneret
by Yisrael Hershkovitz
December 9, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Peace process should not be ‘all or nothing,’ says EU ambassador
by Sharon Udasin
December 5, 2016, Fokus Jerusalem (German TV)
Dead Sea Swim
(Scroll to Minute 12:30)
November 29, 2016, International Business Times
Dead Sea: Here’s why it’s nearing inevitable death!
by Nupur Jha
November 27, 2016, The Weather Network
The dying Dead Sea: Why it’s drying up at an alarming rate
by Reuters
November 26, 2016, Reporterre.net (French)
Huge fires in Israel, fueled by global warming
by Marine Vlahovic
November 24, 2016, The Tech Times
The Dead Sea Is Dying: World’s Saltiest Salt Lake Shrinking 3 Feet Every Year, Says Environmental Group
By Kalyan Kumar
November 23, 2016, International Business Times
Why Is the Dead Sea Dying? World’s Lowest Point Drying Out At Alarming Rate
By Himanshu Goenka
November 23, 2016, News Blaze
Dead Sea Shrinking at Alarming Rate
By Mina Fabulous
SPECIAL: A compilation of media coverage of the DEAD SEA SWIM event, held on November 15, 2016 – a first time ever event that EcoPeace helped to organize:
DEAD SEA SWIM CLIP – by Tsafrir Or
DEAD SEA SWIM CLIP – by MadSwimmers
November 22, 2016, Pretoria East Rekord
Local sets new record for lowest swim in history
November 21, 2016, Czech TV
The Dead Sea is Dying Quickly
November 20, 2016, Travelers Today
Dead Sea Receives Rescue By Swimmers And Organizations; Raises Awareness On Sea’s Degradation
by Jeon Camille
November 19, 2016, Jerusalem Post
The Dead Sea’s right to life
by Amotz Asa-el
November 18, 2016, Channel 10 Israel TV (Hebrew)
At the Lowest Place on Earth: A group of swimmers swam across the Dead Sea for the first time – in impossible conditions
by Itai Vered
November 18, 2016, Yisrael Hayom (Hebrew)
A Sea Legend
by Ron Pony
November 17, 2016, Maariv (Hebrew)
Fix what we destroyed: Swam from Jordan to Israel and made history
by Tamar Dressler
November 17, 2016, NOS Netherlands (Dutch)
The Dead Sea Swim is “absolutely crazy, but fantastic”
from Reuters
November 17, 2016, B92 (Serbian)
Swimmers: 7 hours of agony for a historic endeavor
Source: PUnkufer.hr
November 17, 2016, RAI TV (Italian)
Dead Sea Swim
(scroll to minute 14:10)
November 17, 2016, Stuff (New Zealand)
Kiwi Kim Chambers among swimmers who made first Dead Sea crossing in eco campaign
Nir Elias
November 17, 2016, The Insider
People swam in the deadliest sea on Earth to prove a point about the environment
by Talia Lakrtiz
November 16, 2016, Internazionale (Italian)
Swim for the Environment
November 16, 2016, TGcom24 (Italian)
30 swimmers sound the alarm bell about the declining Dead Sea
November 16, 2016, Al Jazeera
Dead Sea swim spotlights environmental concerns
by Tony Birtley
November 15, 2016, Associated Press
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea (1st item)
by Sam McNeil
November 15, 2016, Associated Press
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea (2nd item)
by Sam McNeil
November 15, 2016, Reuters
Braving the Dead Sea (1st item – photos & captions)
Photographer Nir Elias
November 15, 2016, Reuters
Swimmers brave first Dead Sea crossing in eco campaign (2nd item – photos & text)
by Nir Elias
November 15, 2016, CNN
Dead Sea dip: Swimmers endure salty agony to highlight disappearing wonder
by Oren Liebermann
November 15, 2016, Chicago Tribune
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across salty, shrinking Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, BBC
Swimmers attempt to cross Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, The Independent
Swimmers cross Dead Sea to highlight shrinking water surface
by Gabriel Samuels
November 15, 2016, The Telegraph
Swimmers complete seven-hour journey across shrinking Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, CBS News
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
by AP
November 15, 2016, Business Insider
Swimmers brave first Dead Sea crossing in eco campaign
by Nir Elias
November 15, 2016, The Times of Israel
Swimmers prove their salt in 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
video by Iacopo Luzi
November 15, 2016, USA Today
Group Tries to Swim Across the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Swimmers campaign to save Dead Sea from disappearing
by Sharon Udasin
November 15, 2016, Mail Online
Swimmers Complete 7-hour Crawl Across Shrinking Dead Sea
by AP
November 15, 2016, Daily News of Open Water Swimming
EcoPeace Sees Swimmers’ Global Support Of The Dead Sea
November 16, 2016, The Daily News of Open Water Swimming
Jackie Cobell Continues Swims In Unprecedented Locations
November 15, 2016, Middle East Online
Swimmers cross shrinking Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Fox News
Swimmers attempt 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
by AP
November 15, 2016, Haaretz
Swimmers cross Dead Sea for first time, carefully
by Uri Talshir
November 15, 2016,Haaretz (Hebrew)
Swimming 16 km from Jordan to Israel in the lowest, saltiest place on Earth
by Uri Tashlir
November 15, 2016, Ynet.co.il (Hebrew)
In order to save it: First time ever swimmers cross the Dead Sea
by Alexandra Lokesh and Ilana Korial
November 15, 2016, NRG.co.il (Hebrew)
They did the impossible: for the first time ever, swimmers swam across the Dead Sea
by Yair Kraus
November 15, 2016, Davar Rishon (Hebrew)
The Disappearing Sea
November 15, 2016, 93fm radio (Hebrew)
A group of International Swimmers risk their lives and swim across the Dead Sea
by Tzvi Hadas
November 15, 2016, Reshet Bet Radio (Hebrew)
The Dead Sea is receding by 1.2 meters a year: 30 swimmers from around the world swam across the Dead Sea today
by Guy Kotev
November 15, 2016, Radio 99 (Hebrew)
Crossing the Dead Sea – 30 swimmers from around the world swam across the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Israel Today (Hebrew)
Making History to Save a Disappearing Sea
November 15, 2016, Mood Reshet TV (Hebrew)
Risked their lives swimming from Jordan to Israel
November 15, 2016, Channel 1 TV (Hebrew)
Six o’clock with Sivan Rahav Meir – Dead Sea Swim
(scroll to minute 29:00)
November 15, 2016, Shvoong (Hebrew)
After a 7-hour swim in the Dead Sea: “We are the last generation that can stop the demise of the Dead Sea”
by Erin Hershlag
November 15, 2016, Shvoong (item #2) (Hebrew)
Making History: 30 swimmers swimming across the Dead Sea from Jordan to Israel
by Danny Burshevsky
November 15, 2016, Khaberni (Arabic)
Swimmers swim across the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Al Rai (Arabic)
Swimmers crossing the Dead Sea for the first time
November 15, 2016, Panet (Arabic)
From Jordan to Israel .. activists swim across the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, ARD German TV (German)
Environmental Activists at the Dead Sea (scroll to minute 5:00)
November 15, 2016, ARD German News (German)
Floating through the Dead Sea
by Susanne Glass
November 16, 2016, Fokus Jerusalem (German)
Extreme swimmers cross the Dead Sea
by Tanja Dennig
November 15, 2016, ZDF TV (German)
Swimming for the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Frankfurter Rundschau (German)
Swimming against desolation
by Inge Gunther
November 15, 2016, RTVE Spanish TV (Spanish)
Save the Dead Sea (scroll to minute 17:02)
by Oscar Mijallo
November 15, 2016, Polish News (Polish)
They swam across the Dead Sea to save it
November 3, 2016, Environmental Peacebuilding
Environmental Peacebuilding in the Lower Jordan Valley
November 1, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Environmental coexistence
by JPost Editorial
October 16, 2016, German TV
The Lower Jordan River (scroll to minute 04:00 – item ends at 12:20)
by Fokus Jerusalem
October 5, 2016, AJCNews.com
Roll, Jordan, roll
by Mordechai Specktor
September 22, 2016, Science Magazine
Can a controversial canal stop thousands of sinkholes from forming around the Dead Sea?
by Elizabeth Deatrick
September 20, 2016, National Post
Barbara Kay: Israel’s victory over drought
by Barbara Kay
September 20, 2016, The Jordan Times
Water — imperative for development and security
by Erik Ullenhag and Anders Jägerskog
September 18, 2016, TImes of Israel
Israelis, Palestinians tackle water shortage with tech
by Shoshana Solomon
September 14, 2016, Gov.UK
UK hosts rare Israeli-Arab conference on water innovation
August 24, 2016, Global Waters Radio
Global Waters Radio: Nader Al-Khateeb on West Bank Water Security and the Deir Sha’ar Pipeline
by USAID Water Team
August 17, 2016, PBS
The Death of the Dead Sea
by Elisa Oddone
August 16, 2016, The Jewish Week
A Solution to the Water Crisis?
By Nathan Jeffay
August 11, 2016, The Jewish Chronicle on-line
How Israel became a water-surplus nation
by Nathan Jeffay
August 5, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Gaza sewage plant will receive electricity from Israel
by Sharon Udasin
August 4, 2016, Ha’aretz (Hebrew)
Water Crisis in Gaza: Epidemics and infections within Israel, and Gazans to amass at the fence
by Neta Ahituv
August 4, 2016, Jerusalem Post
As Kinneret water level plummets, residents fear effects of prolonged drought
by Sharon Udasin
July 28, 2016, Globes
US Congressmen: Gaza pollution threatens Israel
by Nadav Shetreet
July 28, 2016, Hamodia
Gaza Sewage Crisis Rouses Congress
by Hamodia Staff
July 25, 2016, Circle of Blue
Israel’s Mediterranean Desalination Plants Shift Regional Water Balance
by Brett Walton
July 19, 2016, Huffington Post
New Hope That Water Can Be a Bridge to Mideast Peace
by Gidon Bromberg and Hilik Bar
(click here for the French version)
(click here for the Italian version)
July 13, 2016, VerdeExchange (VX News)
Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian Water NGO Shares Progress & Vision For Abundant Water Future In Middle East
June 30, 2016, Globes
Israel, Turkey eager to rebuild Gaza
by Hedy Cohen
(article in Hebrew)
June 28, 2016, New York Times
Palestinians Say Israel Caused Their Summer Water Shortage
by AP
June 28, 2016, AP
Palestinians say Israel caused their summer water shortage
by Mohammed Daraghmeh and Daniella Cheslow
June 26, 2016, Los Angeles Times
Heat wave aggravates chronic water problems in occupied West Bank
by Joshua Mitnick
June 22, 2016, Ammon News
17 cos bid in Red-Dead Sea pipeline tender
June 17, 2016, BBC
Dead Sea drying: A new low-point for Earth
by Kevin Connolly
June 3, 2016, Virign.com
The Dead Sea Swim Challenge: A bottom-up effort to save a natural wonder
May 25, 2016, Huffington Post
Fix Mideast Water Crisis to Advance Peace Process
by Munqeth Mehyar, Nader Khateeb, and Gidon Bromberg
(click here for the article in French)
(click here for the embedded video as a separate YouTube link)
May 24, 2016, BBC Radio
Business Matters
Interview with Gidon Bromberg
May 19, 2016, Arabian Perspectives
Water and Conflict: Environmental Peacekeeping in the Middle East
by Trayle Kulshan
May 12, 2016, Fokus Jerusalem (German – video link)
The environmental challenges at the Dead Sea (begin at minute 13:00)
May 12, 2016, JWeekly.com
A Palestinian ‘Voice for Peace’? Yes!
by Terry and Carol Winograd
May 10, 2016, Globes
94 cos buy Red-Dead Sea pipeline tender papers
by Hedy Cohen
May 3, 2016, New York Times
Gaza Sewage Crisis, Festering in Conflict, Poisons Coast
by AP
May 3, 2016, Washington Post
Gaza sewage crisis, festering in conflict, poisons coast
by Fares Akram and Daniella Cheslow
May, 2016, GEO Magazine (French)
What is the destiny for the River Jordan?
by Moshe Gilad (text) and Franck Vogel (photography)
Behind the scenes – video clip with EcoPeace’s Malek Alfailat
April 25, 2016, Jewish Journal
Discovering the Dead Sea from a Different, Not-So-Distant Shore
by Barbara Kreiger
April 21, 2016, Time Magazine
How to Solve Gaza’s Water Crisis
by Rep. Jim McDermott and Kate Gould
April 20, 2016, Jewish Journal
Small groups contemplate big issues at Fields Institute
by Susan Freudenheim
April 2016, De Weit (German)
Would you kill for water?
by Gil Yaron
English translation: How a sewer is turning enemies into friends
March 31, 2016, Haaretz (Hebrew)
Life Saver for the Mateh Yehuda Springs
(full article in jpeg file)
by Zafrir Rinat
March 2016, National Geographic Traveller* (Hebrew)
Article about EcoPeace’s Green Economy Project’s ‘FAM’ tour
by Matanya Tausig
* This article was part of the March edition of the Israeli magazine National Geographic Traveller. Written and photographed by Matanya Tausig.
הכתבה הופיעה בגיליון מרץ של המהדורה הישראלית של מגזין נשיונל ג’יאוגרפיק טרוולר. כתב וצילם מתניה טאוסיג.
March 26, 2016, Reshet Bet Radio (Hebrew)
On the way to Nature – World Water Day
with Miki Miro (from minute 06:00)
March 22, 2016, Times of Israel
Putting water back on the table
by Gidon Bromberg and Oded Eran
March 21, 2016, Nrg.co.il (Hebrew)
Serious report exposes: “The Dead Sea is on the Verge of Clinical Death”
by Yair Krauss
March 21, 2016, Globes
EcoPeace slams Med-Dead Sea conduit
by Hedy Cohen
March 20, 2016, Agriculture, Nature and Environment (Hebrew)
An agreement was signed for the establishment of “model farms” in the Israeli-Jordanian Dead Sea
March 17, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Gaza sewage crisis is a ticking timebomb for Israel
by Michelle Malka Grossman
March 16, 2016, Ynet (Hebrew)
Gaza’s Sewage is threatening the water supply in Israel
by Amir Ben David and Elior Levi
(Click here for the artcle in English translated as: Gaza pollution flows to Israel due to power shorages)
March 13, 2016, Plus61J
Cross-border preparation for peaceful coexistence
by Hunter Stuart
March 12, 2016, Reshet Bet Radio (Hebrew)
On the way to Nature (minute 05:00)
with Michael Miro
March 9, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Could fly swarms be the tie that binds Israel and Jordan?
by MIchelle Malka Grossman
March 8, 2016, Nrg.co.il (Hebrew)
Coexistence Model: Joint agricultural Farm with Jordan
by Dalia Mazori
March 3, 2016, S&D – EU Parliamanet
S&Ds call for water cooperation in the Middle East
January 19, 2016, ARD Mediathek (German)
Water on H2O? Water Policy in the Middle East
by Benjamin Pohl
January 16, 2016, The Economist
Sun and Sea
December 23, 2015, Globes (Hebrew)
Israeli and World Heritage
by Giora Shaham
December 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald
The River Jordan, Let it Flow
by Gidon Bromberg
December 2015, Accelerating Energy Transition website (German)
Water against energy – save the future together in the Middle East
(click on the 5th circle on the right side of the page for the article)
by Maria Caroline Wolfle
December 14, 2015, Israel 21c
Take a hike for coexistence
By Abigail Klein Leichman
December 7, 2015, Haaretz
Israel-Jordan Water Pipeline Plan Shelved
(full article here)
by Noa Shpigel
December 5, 2015, Der Spiegel (German)
Mega channel from the Red Sea: The Dead Sea is revived
by Ulrike Putz
Decmeber 3, 2015, Haaretz (Hebrew)
Environmental Outline of an Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian Team: Solar Electricity for Water Desalination
By Zafrir Rinat
Read the article in English here
December 3, 2015, Jerusalem Post
Israeli expert: Mideast must cooperate or ‘go to war over water’
by Sharon Udasin
December 3, 2015, The Jewish Chronicle
Red Sea water to ‘save’ Dead Sea
by Nathan Jaffay
December 3, 2015, Albawaba
Israel, Jordan’s Red Sea-Dead Sea water sharing project goes to tender despite controversies
December 2, 2015, Jerusalem Post
Climate Cooperation
by Matti Friedman
December 2, 2015, Globes
Tender published for Red-Dead Sea canal
by Hedy Cohen
December 2, 2015, Telegraphic Times
Israel and Jordan Issue Joint Tender to Save Shrinking Dead Sea
by Elias Hubbard
Decmeber 1, 2015, i24 TV news
Israel, Jordan, Unveil Joint Venture to Replenish Dead Sea
The News Today with Lucy Aharish
December 1, 2015, +61J, australia
Israel at Paris Climate Conference
November 29, 2015, Times of Israel
Let it shine: Israel hypes solar at Paris talks
by Melanie Lidman
November 26, 2015, RFI
Climate change: the Dead Sea is shrinking
by Ibrahim Husseini
November 19, 2015, Environment And Climate In The Middle East
Haaretz Conference – On Our Doorstep – the Gaza Water and Energy Crisis, Scenarios
November 15, 2015, FOCUS (German)
Holy Broth
by Ulla Thiede
November 9, 2015, Stefanie Zobl blog (German)
Jordan and Dead Sea: Water Crisis in the Middle East
by Stefanie Zobl
October 21, 2015, The Source Magazine
Healing the wounds of conflict through water diplomacy
by Hunter Stuart
October 2015, Global Nature Fund
Last Chance for the Jordan River (page 3)
September 30, 2015, AP TV
Meex MidEast Dead Sea
September 30, 2015, ABC Radio
An Australian’s mission to save the dying Jordan River and prevent a water war
by Andrew West
September 29, 2015, ABC The World
Israel, Palestine and Jordan united through environmentalism
by Beverley O’Connor
September 27, 2015, The Big Smoke
EcoPeace: A river of peace in the Middle East
by Jordan King Lacroix
September 27, 2015, +61j
Let the Jordan River Roll Again
by Jordan King Lacroix
September 21, 2015, Nederlands Dagblad
Ecological rehabilitation Jordan river will boost peace process (online version)
Ecological rehabilitation Jordan river will boost peace process (print version)
by Maarten Bakker
September 10, 2015, Ynet.co.il (Hebrew)
A program that will change touring in Israel?
by Shiri Hadad
September 10, 2015, Kristeligt Dagblad (Danish)
Jordan River holy water has become a sewer
by Nikolaj Krak
September 9, 2015, The Guardian
Israel’s Knesset wants to be the greenest parliament in the world
by Marie de Vergès for Le Monde
September 4, 2015, Jerusalem Post
Environmental NGO unveils Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian hiking, cycling trails
by Sharon Udasin
September 3, 2015, Walla News (Hebrew)
Sinkholes Threat Worsens at the Dead Sea
by Adi Hashmona’i
September 2, 2015, France TV (French)
The Dead Sea is Dying
by Franck Genauzeau
August, 2015, Stockholm WaterFront #3
EcoPeace Middle East: The Good Neighbors
August 28, 2015, Al Jazeera
The Dead Sea is Dying
by Creede Newton
August 27, 2015, GhanaWeb
Water levels dropping, the Dead Sea is dying
August 26, 2015, Berliner Zeitung (German)
Freshwater treatment for the RIver Jordan
by Inge Gunther
August 25, 2015, The Straights Times
Dead sea dying?
by Jonathan Pearlman
August 25, 2015, The Straights Times
Plan for Red Sea water to save Dead Sea
by Jonathan Pearlman
August 20, 2015, Kol Israel in Arabic
Adventure Tourism – interview with Mohammed Biadsi
August 17, 2015, Huffington Post
Healing Waters From Hebron to Gaza
by Kate Rothschild
August 14, 2015, NRG.co.il (Hebrew)
Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians will rehabilitate the Jordan River with 4.5 Billion US Dollars
by Asaf Gabor and Yair Kraus
August 11, 2015, TheThirdPole.net
Israel, Jordan and Palestine pledge to clean up Jordan River
by Zofeen T Ebrahim
August 11, 2015, Danish Broadcasting
Jordan River Master Plan
by Hanne Foighel
August 1, 2015, The Times Magazine
What Kate Rothschild did next
by Charlotte Edwardes
August 1, 2015, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development
Evaluation of Environmental Peacemaking Intervention Strategies in Jordan-Palestine-Israel
by Marina Djernaes, Teis Jorgensen, and Elizabeth Koch-Ya’ari
July 12, 2015, i24 News
The Plan to Save the River Jordan
by Uri Shapira
July 12, 2015, The Media Line
Holy to Half of Humanity – the Polluted Water of the Jordan River
by Robert Swift
July 7, 2015, Calcalist (Hebrew)
Save the Jordan
by Danny Rubenstein
(See English translation here)
July 6, 2015, Times of Israel
Princess Charlotte christened with ‘sterilized’ water from River Jordan, fortunately
by AP and Times of Israel staff
July 6, 2015, Christian Today
Jesus’ baptism site to get tourist boost after becoming world heritage site
by Ruth Gledhill
July 3, 2015, Bayern2 Wissen German Radio (German)
The Red Sea to the Dead Sea – a gigantic project
by Markus Köbnik
June 23, 2015, Jerusalem Post
Environmental organizations demand implementation of national plan to fight climate change
by Sharon Udasin
June 23, 2015, Galei Tzahal Radio (Hebrew)
Environment Day in the Knesset – Gidon Bromberg interviewed about the Jordan River Master Plan (scroll to minute 44:45)
June 21, 2015, Chrisitan Science Monitor
Tap dance: Water’s effect on Arab-Israeli relations
by Christa Case Bryant
June 19, 2015, Aleqtisady.com (Arabic)
Wallah: Palestinian Israeli Jordanian Plan to Rehabilitate the Jordan River with a cost of 4.5 Billion Dollar
June 19, 2015, Jordan Zad.com (Arabic)
An Israeli Palestinian Jordanian Project to Counter ISIS “Daesh”
June 19, 2015, Al Madenah News (Arabic)
Maariv: $ 4.5 billion to bring life to the River Jordan
June 18, 2015, International Business Times
Christians ‘bathing in raw sewage’ at Jesus Christ’s baptism site in West Bank
by Orlando Crowcroft
June 18, 2015, Times of Israel
Baptism by mire? In Jordan River, sewage mucks up Christian rite
by Melanie Lidman
June 18, 2015, Al Ghad (Arabic)
In order to save the Jordan
Translated from Maariv, Tamar Dressler
June 18, 2015, Maariv (Hebrew)
From the printed version: Jumping in the Water… (pg.1) / (pg. 2)
Weblink: Jumping in the Water: A Special Project to Rehabilitate the Jordan River Valley
by Tamar Dressler
October 20, 2019, Morocco World News
Environmental Innovation: A Shared Palestinian and Israeli Value
by Perri Huggins
October 11, 2019, The Daily Northwestern
Gidon Bromberg stresses opportunity, need for environmental cooperation in the Middle East
by Jackson Miller
September 15, 2019, The Times of Isreal
Annexing the Jordan Valley threatens regional security
by Gidon Bromberg & Yana Abu Taleb
September 12, 2019, Jungle World (German)
Drop by Drop
by Nicole Tomasek
September 12, 2019, MENAFN – The Peninsula
Advocates propose solutions to water scarcity crisis in Cape Town edition of Doha Debates
September 7, 2019, Morocco World News
The Climate Crisis Could Help Fuel Peace in the MENA Region
by Perri Huggins
August 31, 2019, Morocco World News
World Water Week: Crisis Drives Regional Cooperation
by Perri Huggins
August 26, 2019, Climate Diplomacy
“We can’t disengage from our shared environment” – Interview with Palestinian, Jordanian and Israeli EcoPeace Directors
by Raquel Munayer (adelphi)
July, 2019, The Wilson Quarterly
Sea, Sun, and Peace?
by Naomi Zeveloff
July 11, 2019, Zavit
A Spillover Crisis: How Gaza’s Water Shortage Affects Israel
by Tamar Lavi
June 27, 2019, The Times of Israel
Plan to pump desalinated water to Sea of Galilee may open diplomatic floodgates
by Melanie Lidman
June 15, 2019, Infobae
Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians work together to clean up the polluted river where Jesus was baptized
by Marcelo Raimon
June 5, 2019, New Security Beat
Middle East: EcoPeace Urges UN to Back Water-Energy Cooperation to Increase Security
by Ladeene Freimuth
June 3, 2019, Haaretz
Collapsing Environmental State of Gaza Poses Threat to Israel’s National Security, Report Warns
by Zafrir Rinat
May 28, 2019, AL-MONITOR
Who cares about Israel’s polluted air?
by Akiva Eldar
May 25, 2019, HEINRICH BOLL STIFTUNG
In it for the long haul: The Israeli-Palestinian peace-building community in turbulent times
by Sarah Charlotte Henkel
May 3, 2019, Plus61J
Bromberg to UN Security Council: remove water from Mid-East conflict
May 2, 2019, J Post
Remove Water from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, urges EcoPeace
by Tovah Lazaroff
April 30, 2019, Planetary Security Initiative
Civil Society in the UN Security Council: Reminder of a Common Ground
April 29, 2019, United Nations
Civil Society Speakers Paint Grim Picture of Deepening Crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory, as Security Council Takes Up Middle East Situation
December 24, 2018, ABC News
‘I really thought it’d be bigger’: The battle to save the holy water of the Jordan River’
by Eric Tlozek
December 24, 2018, weatherwatch.co.nz
‘I really thought it’d be bigger’: The battle to save the holy water of the Jordan River’
December 23, 2018, The Daily Caller
Opinion: The Jordan River Valley is Running Out of Water — And That’s Bad for Everyone
by former Mayor John Dickert & Sherri Goodman
November 29, 2018, NBC News
The Dead Sea is dying. A $1.5 billion plan aims to resurrect it
by Linda Givetash
November 5, 2018, The Algemeiner
Israel Sees Desalination as Sea of Galilee’s Savior
by Reuters & Algemeiner Staff
October 30, 2018, Aljazeera
How can Gaza’s contaminated water catastrophe be solved?
by Sandy Tolan
October 21, 2018, Israel21C
EcoPeace Middle East receives 2018 Stanford Bright Award
October 21, 2018, The New York Times
Jordan Reclaims Lands Used by Israel Under Peace Treaty
by Isabel Kershner & Rana F. Sweis
August 23, 2018, Stanford News
Stanford’s top environmental award given to Jordan River peacemakers
by Taylor Kubota
May 22, 2018, New York Times
Hamas, Netanyahu and Mother Nature
by Thomas Friedman
April 2, 2018, The Hill
Beating pandemic disease in Gaza
Op-ed by Gidon Bromberg, Nada Majdalani, Munqeth Mehyar
February 21, 2018, Happy Trips
Slow disappearance of Dead Sea raises alarm
by Resham Sengar
February 6, 2018, New York Times
Everyone is Going All the Way
by Thomas Friedman
February 2, 2018, Reuters
Commentary: To make peace in the Middle East, focus first on water
by Gidon Bromberg, Nada Majdalani, Munqeth Mehyar
January 29, 2018, Haaretz
Jerusalem Suburb’s Expansion Threatens to Flood Small Palestinian Village
by Nir Hasson
January 20, 2018, Czech TV 24 (in Czech)
The Israeli water miracle for the current drought is not enough; we need to combine forces of the entire region
January 18, 2018, +61J
Water, sewage, and disease do not recognise the Green Line
by Eetta Prince-Gibson
December 6, 2017, Israel 21c
EcoPeace Middle East wins 2 Prestigious Prizes
December 2, 2017, The Economist
Jordan’s water crisis is made worse by a feud with Israel
November 30, 2017, CCTV (Chinese TV)
A Diplomatic Storm Threatens the Red Sea Dead Sea Project
November 28, 2017, Geneva Center for Security Policy
EcoPeace Middle East Wins GCSP 2017 Prize for Innovation in Global Security
November 6, 2017, Foreign & Commonwealth Office blog
The Environment Knows No Borders: A Tour of the Gaza-Israeli Border with EcoPeace
by Lara Krasnostein
October 31, 2017, New York Times
Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action
(or here if the above link doesn’t work)
by AP
October 31, 2017, San Francisco Chronicle
Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action
By Karin Laub, Associated Press
October 31, 2017, ABC News
Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action
by Karin Laub, AP
October 31, 2017, Fox News
Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action
by Karin Laub, AP
October 2017, American Diplomany
Water as a basic human right within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
by Erika Weinthal
September 3, 2017, CNN
Israeli Mayors call on US to solve Gaza’s electricity crisis
by Oren Liebermann and Abeer Salman
August 30, 2017, Jerusalem Post
COGAT works to thwart disease from sewage pollution
by Tovah Lazaroff
August 1, 2017, TT Nyhetsbyron (Swedish)
Dirty water “ticking bomb” in Gaza
by Sofia Ericksson
July 18, 2017, The Media Line
Palestinian Sewage Polluting Israeli Streams
by Linda Gradstein
July 14, 2017, Jerusalem Post
PA, Gaza to get more H20 under Red-Dead Water Sharing Agreement
by Sharon Udasin
July 13, 2017, The Times of Israel
Israel, Palestinians reach landmark water deal for West Bank, Gaza
by Raphael Ahren and Melanie Lidman
July 13, 2017, New York Daily News
Trump envoy helps broker Israeli-Palestinian water deal
by AP
July 13, 2017, The Los Angeles Times
Israelis and Palestinians agree to water deal to help communities suffering chronic shortages
by Joshua Mitnick
July 13, 2017, The Tower
U.S. Announces Landmark Water Deal Between Israel, Palestinian Authority
July 6, 2017, Jerusalem Post
Gaza Sewage Forces Shutdown of Israeli Beach
by Sharon Udasin and Tovah Lazaroff
July 6, 2017, Haaretz
Electricity Shortages in Gaza Lead to Beach Pollution Just Over the Border in Israel
by Almog Ben Zikri
July 5, 2017, Walla News (Hebrew)
Danger to bathers: Due to pollution from Gaza, at least 2 Israeli southern beaches closed
by Yanir Yigneh
June 20, 2017, Jerusalem Post
Raw Sewage Seeps Out of Gaza as Electricity Supplies Dwindle
by Sharon Udasin
June 7, 2017, New Jersey Jewish News
Could Trump steer Israel and the Palestinians onto the road to peace?
by Martin J. Raffel
May 28, 2017, Ynet (Hebrew)
Preventing a Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza, an Israeli Interest
(click here for an English translation)
by Yair Farjun
May 21, 2017, Jerusalem Post
US Congress Members Lobby Trump on Israeli-Palestinian Water Issues
by Sharon Udasin
May 16, 2017, Jerusalem Post
Cross-Border Water Pollution Threatens Israeli Security, Watchdog Says
by Sharon Udasin
May 4, 2017, Jerusalem Post
Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian Venture Seeks Help on Gaza Resource Crisis
by Sharon Udasin
March 23, 2017, Jerusalem Post
A Regional Water Superpower
by Natan Odenheimer
March 21, 2017, Deutsche Welle, German news
Can the dying Dead Sea be saved?
by Greg Norman
March 17, 2017, i24 news
Daily Dose – Earth View (Dead Sea item)
with Yael Lavie, and Daniel Roth
February 15, 2017, Science Alert
28 People Swam Across the Dead Sea to Prove a Point About the Environment
by Talia Lakritz
February 13, 2017, Times of Israel
As the Dead Sea dries, its collapsing shores force a return to nature
by Melanie Lidman
February 9, 2017, Business Insider
People swam in the deadliest sea on Earth to prove a point about the environment
by Talia Lakritz
February 2, 2017, Bloomberg News
How Do Israel’s Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia? Very Quietly
by Jonathan Ferziger and Peter Waldman
December 23, 2016, Social Entrepreneurship
Connecting Environmental Protection and Peace in the Middle East
by Tony Loyd
December 19, 2016, Jerusalem Post
A fresh look at Israeli/Palestinian freshwater issues
by Wendy B. Jacbos, Robert C. Bordone, Hrafnhildur Bragadottir
December 15, 2016, Calcalist (Hebrew)
Reviving the Dead Sea
by Ari Livsker
December 14, 2016, i24 News (French)
Do we have the power to save the Dead Sea?
by Paul Amar
December 13, 2016, Artuz 9 Radio (Russian)
Israeli MK Erel Margalit on EcoPeace conference
December 9, 2016, Hamodiya (Hebrew)
Pumping water from the Kinneret
by Yisrael Hershkovitz
December 9, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Peace process should not be ‘all or nothing,’ says EU ambassador
by Sharon Udasin
December 5, 2016, Fokus Jerusalem (German TV)
Dead Sea Swim
(Scroll to Minute 12:30)
November 29, 2016, International Business Times
Dead Sea: Here’s why it’s nearing inevitable death!
by Nupur Jha
November 27, 2016, The Weather Network
The dying Dead Sea: Why it’s drying up at an alarming rate
by Reuters
November 26, 2016, Reporterre.net (French)
Huge fires in Israel, fueled by global warming
by Marine Vlahovic
November 24, 2016, The Tech Times
The Dead Sea Is Dying: World’s Saltiest Salt Lake Shrinking 3 Feet Every Year, Says Environmental Group
By Kalyan Kumar
November 23, 2016, International Business Times
Why Is the Dead Sea Dying? World’s Lowest Point Drying Out At Alarming Rate
By Himanshu Goenka
November 23, 2016, News Blaze
Dead Sea Shrinking at Alarming Rate
By Mina Fabulous
SPECIAL: A compilation of media coverage of the DEAD SEA SWIM event, held on November 15, 2016 – a first time ever event that EcoPeace helped to organize:
DEAD SEA SWIM CLIP – by Tsafrir Or
DEAD SEA SWIM CLIP – by MadSwimmers
November 22, 2016, Pretoria East Rekord
Local sets new record for lowest swim in history
November 21, 2016, Czech TV
The Dead Sea is Dying Quickly
November 20, 2016, Travelers Today
Dead Sea Receives Rescue By Swimmers And Organizations; Raises Awareness On Sea’s Degradation
by Jeon Camille
November 19, 2016, Jerusalem Post
The Dead Sea’s right to life
by Amotz Asa-el
November 18, 2016, Channel 10 Israel TV (Hebrew)
At the Lowest Place on Earth: A group of swimmers swam across the Dead Sea for the first time – in impossible conditions
by Itai Vered
November 18, 2016, Yisrael Hayom (Hebrew)
A Sea Legend
by Ron Pony
November 17, 2016, Maariv (Hebrew)
Fix what we destroyed: Swam from Jordan to Israel and made history
by Tamar Dressler
November 17, 2016, NOS Netherlands (Dutch)
The Dead Sea Swim is “absolutely crazy, but fantastic”
from Reuters
November 17, 2016, B92 (Serbian)
Swimmers: 7 hours of agony for a historic endeavor
Source: PUnkufer.hr
November 17, 2016, RAI TV (Italian)
Dead Sea Swim
(scroll to minute 14:10)
November 17, 2016, Stuff (New Zealand)
Kiwi Kim Chambers among swimmers who made first Dead Sea crossing in eco campaign
Nir Elias
November 17, 2016, The Insider
People swam in the deadliest sea on Earth to prove a point about the environment
by Talia Lakrtiz
November 16, 2016, Internazionale (Italian)
Swim for the Environment
November 16, 2016, TGcom24 (Italian)
30 swimmers sound the alarm bell about the declining Dead Sea
November 16, 2016, Al Jazeera
Dead Sea swim spotlights environmental concerns
by Tony Birtley
November 15, 2016, Associated Press
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea (1st item)
by Sam McNeil
November 15, 2016, Associated Press
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea (2nd item)
by Sam McNeil
November 15, 2016, Reuters
Braving the Dead Sea (1st item – photos & captions)
Photographer Nir Elias
November 15, 2016, Reuters
Swimmers brave first Dead Sea crossing in eco campaign (2nd item – photos & text)
by Nir Elias
November 15, 2016, CNN
Dead Sea dip: Swimmers endure salty agony to highlight disappearing wonder
by Oren Liebermann
November 15, 2016, Chicago Tribune
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across salty, shrinking Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, BBC
Swimmers attempt to cross Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, The Independent
Swimmers cross Dead Sea to highlight shrinking water surface
by Gabriel Samuels
November 15, 2016, The Telegraph
Swimmers complete seven-hour journey across shrinking Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, CBS News
Swimmers complete 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
by AP
November 15, 2016, Business Insider
Swimmers brave first Dead Sea crossing in eco campaign
by Nir Elias
November 15, 2016, The Times of Israel
Swimmers prove their salt in 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
video by Iacopo Luzi
November 15, 2016, USA Today
Group Tries to Swim Across the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Swimmers campaign to save Dead Sea from disappearing
by Sharon Udasin
November 15, 2016, Mail Online
Swimmers Complete 7-hour Crawl Across Shrinking Dead Sea
by AP
November 15, 2016, Daily News of Open Water Swimming
EcoPeace Sees Swimmers’ Global Support Of The Dead Sea
November 16, 2016, The Daily News of Open Water Swimming
Jackie Cobell Continues Swims In Unprecedented Locations
November 15, 2016, Middle East Online
Swimmers cross shrinking Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Fox News
Swimmers attempt 7-hour crawl across shrinking Dead Sea
by AP
November 15, 2016, Haaretz
Swimmers cross Dead Sea for first time, carefully
by Uri Talshir
November 15, 2016,Haaretz (Hebrew)
Swimming 16 km from Jordan to Israel in the lowest, saltiest place on Earth
by Uri Tashlir
November 15, 2016, Ynet.co.il (Hebrew)
In order to save it: First time ever swimmers cross the Dead Sea
by Alexandra Lokesh and Ilana Korial
November 15, 2016, NRG.co.il (Hebrew)
They did the impossible: for the first time ever, swimmers swam across the Dead Sea
by Yair Kraus
November 15, 2016, Davar Rishon (Hebrew)
The Disappearing Sea
November 15, 2016, 93fm radio (Hebrew)
A group of International Swimmers risk their lives and swim across the Dead Sea
by Tzvi Hadas
November 15, 2016, Reshet Bet Radio (Hebrew)
The Dead Sea is receding by 1.2 meters a year: 30 swimmers from around the world swam across the Dead Sea today
by Guy Kotev
November 15, 2016, Radio 99 (Hebrew)
Crossing the Dead Sea – 30 swimmers from around the world swam across the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Israel Today (Hebrew)
Making History to Save a Disappearing Sea
November 15, 2016, Mood Reshet TV (Hebrew)
Risked their lives swimming from Jordan to Israel
November 15, 2016, Channel 1 TV (Hebrew)
Six o’clock with Sivan Rahav Meir – Dead Sea Swim
(scroll to minute 29:00)
November 15, 2016, Shvoong (Hebrew)
After a 7-hour swim in the Dead Sea: “We are the last generation that can stop the demise of the Dead Sea”
by Erin Hershlag
November 15, 2016, Shvoong (item #2) (Hebrew)
Making History: 30 swimmers swimming across the Dead Sea from Jordan to Israel
by Danny Burshevsky
November 15, 2016, Khaberni (Arabic)
Swimmers swim across the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Al Rai (Arabic)
Swimmers crossing the Dead Sea for the first time
November 15, 2016, Panet (Arabic)
From Jordan to Israel .. activists swim across the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, ARD German TV (German)
Environmental Activists at the Dead Sea (scroll to minute 5:00)
November 15, 2016, ARD German News (German)
Floating through the Dead Sea
by Susanne Glass
November 16, 2016, Fokus Jerusalem (German)
Extreme swimmers cross the Dead Sea
by Tanja Dennig
November 15, 2016, ZDF TV (German)
Swimming for the Dead Sea
November 15, 2016, Frankfurter Rundschau (German)
Swimming against desolation
by Inge Gunther
November 15, 2016, RTVE Spanish TV (Spanish)
Save the Dead Sea (scroll to minute 17:02)
by Oscar Mijallo
November 15, 2016, Polish News (Polish)
They swam across the Dead Sea to save it
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November 3, 2016, Environmental Peacebuilding
Environmental Peacebuilding in the Lower Jordan Valley
November 1, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Environmental coexistence
by JPost Editorial
October 16, 2016, German TV
The Lower Jordan River (scroll to minute 04:00 – item ends at 12:20)
by Fokus Jerusalem
October 5, 2016, AJCNews.com
Roll, Jordan, roll
by Mordechai Specktor
September 22, 2016, Science Magazine
Can a controversial canal stop thousands of sinkholes from forming around the Dead Sea?
by Elizabeth Deatrick
September 20, 2016, National Post
Barbara Kay: Israel’s victory over drought
by Barbara Kay
September 20, 2016, The Jordan Times
Water — imperative for development and security
by Erik Ullenhag and Anders Jägerskog
September 18, 2016, TImes of Israel
Israelis, Palestinians tackle water shortage with tech
by Shoshana Solomon
September 14, 2016, Gov.UK
UK hosts rare Israeli-Arab conference on water innovation
August 24, 2016, Global Waters Radio
Global Waters Radio: Nader Al-Khateeb on West Bank Water Security and the Deir Sha’ar Pipeline
by USAID Water Team
August 17, 2016, PBS
The Death of the Dead Sea
by Elisa Oddone
August 16, 2016, The Jewish Week
A Solution to the Water Crisis?
By Nathan Jeffay
August 11, 2016, The Jewish Chronicle on-line
How Israel became a water-surplus nation
by Nathan Jeffay
August 5, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Gaza sewage plant will receive electricity from Israel
by Sharon Udasin
August 4, 2016, Ha’aretz (Hebrew)
Water Crisis in Gaza: Epidemics and infections within Israel, and Gazans to amass at the fence
by Neta Ahituv
August 4, 2016, Jerusalem Post
As Kinneret water level plummets, residents fear effects of prolonged drought
by Sharon Udasin
July 28, 2016, Globes
US Congressmen: Gaza pollution threatens Israel
by Nadav Shetreet
July 28, 2016, Hamodia
Gaza Sewage Crisis Rouses Congress
by Hamodia Staff
July 25, 2016, Circle of Blue
Israel’s Mediterranean Desalination Plants Shift Regional Water Balance
by Brett Walton
July 19, 2016, Huffington Post
New Hope That Water Can Be a Bridge to Mideast Peace
by Gidon Bromberg and Hilik Bar
(click here for the French version)
(click here for the Italian version)
July 13, 2016, VerdeExchange (VX News)
Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian Water NGO Shares Progress & Vision For Abundant Water Future In Middle East
June 30, 2016, Globes
Israel, Turkey eager to rebuild Gaza
by Hedy Cohen
(article in Hebrew)
June 28, 2016, New York Times
Palestinians Say Israel Caused Their Summer Water Shortage
by AP
June 28, 2016, AP
Palestinians say Israel caused their summer water shortage
by Mohammed Daraghmeh and Daniella Cheslow
June 26, 2016, Los Angeles Times
Heat wave aggravates chronic water problems in occupied West Bank
by Joshua Mitnick
June 22, 2016, Ammon News
17 cos bid in Red-Dead Sea pipeline tender
June 17, 2016, BBC
Dead Sea drying: A new low-point for Earth
by Kevin Connolly
June 3, 2016, Virign.com
The Dead Sea Swim Challenge: A bottom-up effort to save a natural wonder
May 25, 2016, Huffington Post
Fix Mideast Water Crisis to Advance Peace Process
by Munqeth Mehyar, Nader Khateeb, and Gidon Bromberg
(click here for the article in French)
(click here for the embedded video as a separate YouTube link)
May 24, 2016, BBC Radio
Business Matters
Interview with Gidon Bromberg
May 19, 2016, Arabian Perspectives
Water and Conflict: Environmental Peacekeeping in the Middle East
by Trayle Kulshan
May 12, 2016, Fokus Jerusalem (German – video link)
The environmental challenges at the Dead Sea (begin at minute 13:00)
May 12, 2016, JWeekly.com
A Palestinian ‘Voice for Peace’? Yes!
by Terry and Carol Winograd
May 10, 2016, Globes
94 cos buy Red-Dead Sea pipeline tender papers
by Hedy Cohen
May 3, 2016, New York Times
Gaza Sewage Crisis, Festering in Conflict, Poisons Coast
by AP
May 3, 2016, Washington Post
Gaza sewage crisis, festering in conflict, poisons coast
by Fares Akram and Daniella Cheslow
May, 2016, GEO Magazine (French)
What is the destiny for the River Jordan?
by Moshe Gilad (text) and Franck Vogel (photography)
Behind the scenes – video clip with EcoPeace’s Malek Alfailat
April 25, 2016, Jewish Journal
Discovering the Dead Sea from a Different, Not-So-Distant Shore
by Barbara Kreiger
April 21, 2016, Time Magazine
How to Solve Gaza’s Water Crisis
by Rep. Jim McDermott and Kate Gould
April 20, 2016, Jewish Journal
Small groups contemplate big issues at Fields Institute
by Susan Freudenheim
April 2016, De Weit (German)
Would you kill for water?
by Gil Yaron
English translation: How a sewer is turning enemies into friends
March 31, 2016, Haaretz (Hebrew)
Life Saver for the Mateh Yehuda Springs
(full article in jpeg file)
by Zafrir Rinat
March 2016, National Geographic Traveller* (Hebrew)
Article about EcoPeace’s Green Economy Project’s ‘FAM’ tour
by Matanya Tausig
* This article was part of the March edition of the Israeli magazine National Geographic Traveller. Written and photographed by Matanya Tausig.
הכתבה הופיעה בגיליון מרץ של המהדורה הישראלית של מגזין נשיונל ג’יאוגרפיק טרוולר. כתב וצילם מתניה טאוסיג.
March 26, 2016, Reshet Bet Radio (Hebrew)
On the way to Nature – World Water Day
with Miki Miro (from minute 06:00)
March 22, 2016, Times of Israel
Putting water back on the table
by Gidon Bromberg and Oded Eran
March 21, 2016, Nrg.co.il (Hebrew)
Serious report exposes: “The Dead Sea is on the Verge of Clinical Death”
by Yair Krauss
March 21, 2016, Globes
EcoPeace slams Med-Dead Sea conduit
by Hedy Cohen
March 20, 2016, Agriculture, Nature and Environment (Hebrew)
An agreement was signed for the establishment of “model farms” in the Israeli-Jordanian Dead Sea
March 17, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Gaza sewage crisis is a ticking timebomb for Israel
by Michelle Malka Grossman
March 16, 2016, Ynet (Hebrew)
Gaza’s Sewage is threatening the water supply in Israel
by Amir Ben David and Elior Levi
(Click here for the artcle in English translated as: Gaza pollution flows to Israel due to power shorages)
March 13, 2016, Plus61J
Cross-border preparation for peaceful coexistence
by Hunter Stuart
March 12, 2016, Reshet Bet Radio (Hebrew)
On the way to Nature (minute 05:00)
with Michael Miro
March 9, 2016, Jerusalem Post
Could fly swarms be the tie that binds Israel and Jordan?
by MIchelle Malka Grossman
March 8, 2016, Nrg.co.il (Hebrew)
Coexistence Model: Joint agricultural Farm with Jordan
by Dalia Mazori
March 3, 2016, S&D – EU Parliamanet
S&Ds call for water cooperation in the Middle East
January 19, 2016, ARD Mediathek (German)
Water on H2O? Water Policy in the Middle East
by Benjamin Pohl
January 16, 2016, The Economist
Sun and Sea
December 23, 2015, Globes (Hebrew)
Israeli and World Heritage
by Giora Shaham
December 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald
The River Jordan, Let it Flow
by Gidon Bromberg
December 2015, Accelerating Energy Transition website (German)
Water against energy – save the future together in the Middle East
(click on the 5th circle on the right side of the page for the article)
by Maria Caroline Wolfle
December 14, 2015, Israel 21c
Take a hike for coexistence
By Abigail Klein Leichman
December 7, 2015, Haaretz
Israel-Jordan Water Pipeline Plan Shelved
(full article here)
by Noa Shpigel
December 5, 2015, Der Spiegel (German)
Mega channel from the Red Sea: The Dead Sea is revived
by Ulrike Putz
Decmeber 3, 2015, Haaretz (Hebrew)
Environmental Outline of an Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian Team: Solar Electricity for Water Desalination
By Zafrir Rinat
Read the article in English here
December 3, 2015, Jerusalem Post
Israeli expert: Mideast must cooperate or ‘go to war over water’
by Sharon Udasin
December 3, 2015, The Jewish Chronicle
Red Sea water to ‘save’ Dead Sea
by Nathan Jaffay
December 3, 2015, Albawaba
Israel, Jordan’s Red Sea-Dead Sea water sharing project goes to tender despite controversies
December 2, 2015, Jerusalem Post
Climate Cooperation
by Matti Friedman
December 2, 2015, Globes
Tender published for Red-Dead Sea canal
by Hedy Cohen
December 2, 2015, Telegraphic Times
Israel and Jordan Issue Joint Tender to Save Shrinking Dead Sea
by Elias Hubbard
Decmeber 1, 2015, i24 TV news
Israel, Jordan, Unveil Joint Venture to Replenish Dead Sea
The News Today with Lucy Aharish
December 1, 2015, +61J, australia
Israel at Paris Climate Conference
November 29, 2015, Times of Israel
Let it shine: Israel hypes solar at Paris talks
by Melanie Lidman
November 26, 2015, RFI
Climate change: the Dead Sea is shrinking
by Ibrahim Husseini
November 19, 2015, Environment And Climate In The Middle East
Haaretz Conference – On Our Doorstep – the Gaza Water and Energy Crisis, Scenarios
November 15, 2015, FOCUS (German)
Holy Broth
by Ulla Thiede
November 9, 2015, Stefanie Zobl blog (German)
Jordan and Dead Sea: Water Crisis in the Middle East
by Stefanie Zobl
October 21, 2015, The Source Magazine
Healing the wounds of conflict through water diplomacy
by Hunter Stuart
October 2015, Global Nature Fund
Last Chance for the Jordan River (page 3)
September 30, 2015, AP TV
Meex MidEast Dead Sea
September 30, 2015, ABC Radio
An Australian’s mission to save the dying Jordan River and prevent a water war
by Andrew West
September 29, 2015, ABC The World
Israel, Palestine and Jordan united through environmentalism
by Beverley O’Connor
September 27, 2015, The Big Smoke
EcoPeace: A river of peace in the Middle East
by Jordan King Lacroix
September 27, 2015, +61j
Let the Jordan River Roll Again
by Jordan King Lacroix
September 21, 2015, Nederlands Dagblad
Ecological rehabilitation Jordan river will boost peace process (online version)
Ecological rehabilitation Jordan river will boost peace process (print version)
by Maarten Bakker
September 10, 2015, Ynet.co.il (Hebrew)
A program that will change touring in Israel?
by Shiri Hadad
September 10, 2015, Kristeligt Dagblad (Danish)
Jordan River holy water has become a sewer
by Nikolaj Krak
September 9, 2015, The Guardian
Israel’s Knesset wants to be the greenest parliament in the world
by Marie de Vergès for Le Monde
September 4, 2015, Jerusalem Post
Environmental NGO unveils Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian hiking, cycling trails
by Sharon Udasin
September 3, 2015, Walla News (Hebrew)
Sinkholes Threat Worsens at the Dead Sea
by Adi Hashmona’i
September 2, 2015, France TV (French)
The Dead Sea is Dying
by Franck Genauzeau
August, 2015, Stockholm WaterFront #3
EcoPeace Middle East: The Good Neighbors
August 28, 2015, Al Jazeera
The Dead Sea is Dying
by Creede Newton
August 27, 2015, GhanaWeb
Water levels dropping, the Dead Sea is dying
August 26, 2015, Berliner Zeitung (German)
Freshwater treatment for the RIver Jordan
by Inge Gunther
August 25, 2015, The Straights Times
Dead sea dying?
by Jonathan Pearlman
August 25, 2015, The Straights Times
Plan for Red Sea water to save Dead Sea
by Jonathan Pearlman
August 20, 2015, Kol Israel in Arabic
Adventure Tourism – interview with Mohammed Biadsi
August 17, 2015, Huffington Post
Healing Waters From Hebron to Gaza
by Kate Rothschild
August 14, 2015, NRG.co.il (Hebrew)
Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians will rehabilitate the Jordan River with 4.5 Billion US Dollars
by Asaf Gabor and Yair Kraus
August 11, 2015, TheThirdPole.net
Israel, Jordan and Palestine pledge to clean up Jordan River
by Zofeen T Ebrahim
August 11, 2015, Danish Broadcasting
Jordan River Master Plan
by Hanne Foighel
August 1, 2015, The Times Magazine
What Kate Rothschild did next
by Charlotte Edwardes
July 12, 2015, i24 News
The Plan to Save the River Jordan
by Uri Shapira
July 12, 2015, The Media Line
Holy to Half of Humanity – the Polluted Water of the Jordan River
by Robert Swift
July 7, 2015, Calcalist (Hebrew)
Save the Jordan
by Danny Rubenstein
(See English translation here)
July 6, 2015, Times of Israel
Princess Charlotte christened with ‘sterilized’ water from River Jordan, fortunately
by AP and Times of Israel staff
July 6, 2015, Christian Today
Jesus’ baptism site to get tourist boost after becoming world heritage site
by Ruth Gledhill
July 3, 2015, Bayern2 Wissen German Radio (German)
The Red Sea to the Dead Sea – a gigantic project
by Markus Köbnik
June 23, 2015, Jerusalem Post
Environmental organizations demand implementation of national plan to fight climate change
by Sharon Udasin
June 23, 2015, Galei Tzahal Radio (Hebrew)
Environment Day in the Knesset – Gidon Bromberg interviewed about the Jordan River Master Plan (scroll to minute 44:45)
June 21, 2015, Chrisitan Science Monitor
Tap dance: Water’s effect on Arab-Israeli relations
by Christa Case Bryant
June 19, 2015, Aleqtisady.com (Arabic)
Wallah: Palestinian Israeli Jordanian Plan to Rehabilitate the Jordan River with a cost of 4.5 Billion Dollar
June 19, 2015, Jordan Zad.com (Arabic)
An Israeli Palestinian Jordanian Project to Counter ISIS “Daesh”
June 19, 2015, Al Madenah News (Arabic)
Maariv: $ 4.5 billion to bring life to the River Jordan
June 18, 2015, International Business Times
Christians ‘bathing in raw sewage’ at Jesus Christ’s baptism site in West Bank
by Orlando Crowcroft
June 18, 2015, Times of Israel
Baptism by mire? In Jordan River, sewage mucks up Christian rite
by Melanie Lidman
June 18, 2015, Al Ghad (Arabic)
In order to save the Jordan
Translated from Maariv, Tamar Dressler
June 18, 2015, Maariv (Hebrew)
From the printed version: Jumping in the Water… (pg.1) / (pg. 2)
Weblink: Jumping in the Water: A Special Project to Rehabilitate the Jordan River Valley
by Tamar Dressler