How Israel, Jordan and Palestine can cooperate to slow Dead Sea’s demise
The Dead Sea bordering Jordan and Israel recedes about a meter every year, leaving vast stretches of salt and mineral plains as a result of the water’s high salinity. (AFP) […]
Experts urge immediate intervention to save drying Dead Sea
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Water levels decrease between 1 and 1.5 metres a year, says expert By Maram Kayed […]
‘Dead Sea Scrolls’ at the Museum of the Bible are all forgeries
Months of testing confirm earlier suspicions that the fragments were made in modern times. What happens next? The Museum of the Bible houses 16 purported Dead Sea Scroll fragments, […]
‘The deal of the century’ and its hidden secrets
Feb 15,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – HAZIM EL NASER We oppose and reject the US-Israeli peace plan, or the so-called “deal of the century”, for many political, economic, social and […]
Jordan’s ‘only’ Early Islamic copper smelting site located south of Dead Sea — scholar
By Saeb Rawashdeh – Sep 29,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The first and only Early Islamic period copper smelting site found in Jordan is located in Wadi Araba, […]
Red-Dead project to still go on despite Israeli procrastination — Razzaz
By JT – Dec 27,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project is still on the agenda, despite Israeli procrastination, Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said […]
‘Nothing will stand in way of Red Sea-Dead Sea water desalination project’
By JT – Apr 11,2018 -JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Hani Mulki discusses the water situation in Jordan with officials at the Ministry of Water and Irrigation on Wednesday (Petra photo) […]
Jordan to go ahead with Red Sea-Dead Sea project despite Israel’s withdrawal threat
By Mohammad Ghazal – Nov 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES The Red Sea- Dead Sea project is planned to generate more water for Jordan and save the Dead Sea (Photo courtesy […]
Green light, finally (Red Sea / Dead Sea)
Nov 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The much-talked-about Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project has been on the national agenda for quite a while now; recently, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation announced that it shortlisted five consortia, out of 17 that had expressed interest in implementing the giant project, which […]
Is the Red-Dead correct?
Dec 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – The Disi Water Conveyance Project was set to be the dream saviour for Jordanians until the middle of the next decade. Before 2011, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation had announced several times that with the Disi project there would be a complete shutdown […]
Picture of the Day: Employees of Dead Sea hotels form ‘world’s largest floating image’
DEAD SEA — A total of 261 foreign and Jordanian employees as well as administrative staff members working at the Dead Sea’s eight hotels managed to break the Guinness World […]
Dead Sea: Environmentalists Question Pipeline Rescue Plan
By Julia Amalia Heyer and Samiha Shafy SPIEGEL.DE An “historic” agreement between Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians is supposed to save the shrinking Dead Sea. But some environmentalists believe the […]
‘Red-Dead project should be implemented away from politics’
by Gaelle Sundelin | Mar 18, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — With no funding secured yet for the Red Sea-Dead Sea Water Conveyance Project, the scheme needs the cooperation […]
Red Sea Project developer to be announced by October – ministry
Ministry to meet with bidding companies next week by Hana Namrouqa | Apr 12,2012 | JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The master developer of the Jordan Red Sea Project (JRSP) will […]
Red-Dead project could damage archaeological sites — report
AMMAN — Several ancient archaeological sites in Jordan will be affected by the construction of the Red-Dead Water Conveyance Project, a recent report concluded. Many sites will potentially be affected […]
‘Impact of abstracting seawater from Red Sea will be negligible’ (red sea to dead sea)
By Hana Namrouqa JORDAN TIMES AMMAN – The impact of abstracting millions of cubic metres of seawater from the Red Sea will be negligible, according to the results of the […]