Jordan river

Drowning rates surge to 350% from 2025, org. tells Knesset committee last week

Since the data was presented, an additional three teenagers died drowning; one boy in Kibbutz Palmachim, and two girls in the Jordan River.

Magen David Adom stationed at Israel beach.
Fire and rescue teams from the Galilee and Golan Heights conducting searches in boats and in the water after two girls were swept into the Jordan River.

Rescue teams found remains of two missing girls swept away by Jordan River after hours searching

Uriah Sarusi, the IDF reservist who drowned in the Jordan River on March 24, 2024.

IDF reservist drowns in Jordan River in attempt to save his son

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025

Netanyahu ‘not leaving’ politics for pardon, PM says next to Germany’s Friedrich Merz


Are Israelis throwing their lives away with their plastic utensils?

ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: The environmental impact of abolishing the single-use plastic tax could have Israelis paying with their lives.

 A WOMAN shops for disposable plastic tableware at an Osher Ad Supermarket branch in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem.

WATCH: River rescue mission saves three Israelis trapped atop car roof

Footage taken from the scene showed the men standing atop the partially-submerged vehicle as rescue forces attempted to pull the Israelis from the river current.

Israel Police's Golan volunteer rescue unit pulls three Israelis out of the Jordan River on November 25, 2022

Israel, Jordan sign deal to restore polluted Jordan River at COP27

The ecological restoration of the Jordan River "requires transboundary action," Israel and Jordan agreed in a joint declaration signed in Sharm El Shiekh.

 (L-R) Jordanian Water and Irrigation Minister Mohammad Najjar and Enviromental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh

Amirey Hagalil: Boutique luxury with a killer view

The views of the Kinneret are gorgeous and there are inviting seating areas scattered around the grounds of the hotel as well as inside.

 THE AMAZING view from Amirey Hagalil.

Entering the Promised Land: A visit to the Jordan River

Prior to Passover before the corona pandemic, I went on a special field trip organized by the Government Press Office to the Jordan River and Jericho, and we could hardly wait to sign up!

 The Grapes of Canaan by James Tissot (circa 1900). Although the 12 spies brought back a cluster of grapes so large that it took two men to carry it, only two of the 12 brought back a good report of the land.

Earliest evidence of fly-fishing unearthed on Jordan River

A new study by Tel-Hai College and international archaeologists showed that ancient fishermen in Israel employed incredibly sophisticated technology.

 Prehistoric fishing tools from Dureijat.

Is the Sea of Galilee's recent water level rise dangerous?

While rising water levels is monumental, Israel turns to desalination as its source for drinking water, and the lake’s water quality has taken the forefront of environmental concerns.

People enjoy and bath in the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret) next to the city of Tiberias on June 23, 2015.

Mine-free River Jordan shrine ends 50 year wait for Epiphany

Israeli de-mining efforts began in 2018 and included support from the Halo Trust, a Scottish-based mine clearance group.

Worshippers attend a mass at the Franciscan Church that was reopened after landmines were removed at the Qasr el-Yahud site, near Jericho, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 10, 2021.

Israeli kayakists take advantage of coronavirus lockdown to clean river

The three used kayaks and diving suits from their work to remove hundreds of glass and plastic bottles from the stream, in addition to plastic bags, chairs, speakers and even tables.

Kayaking on the Jordan River with Abu-Kayak

Meet the people who fished on the Jordan River 20,000 years ago

A crucial aspect that characterizes Dureijat is that it was used for such a long time, albeit not in a continuous way

Epipaleolithic site of Jordan River Dureijat