Jordan river

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

Netanyahu also praised the Israel–Germany cooperation in high-tech, AI, and quantum technologies.

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
A scientist gathers samples for conducting bacteria contamination tests on a stream; illustrative.

High pollution levels found at several streams in northern, eastern Israel, ministries confirm

Mahmoud Salameh, an Israeli citizen who was imprisoned in Jordan for three months, returns to Israel, October 1, 2025.

Israeli citizen imprisoned in Jordan for three months returns to Israel

An Israeli military vehicle waits at a barrier, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.

Israel shuts down West Bank crossing with Jordan following deadly attack


Israel clears landmines from seven monasteries by Jesus’ Baptismal site

“Now this is a border of peace,” INMAA director Marcel Aviv told reporters as he stood on a small hilltop overlooking the monasteries and described the project to reporters.

The abandoned Ethiopian Monastery by Jesus' baptismal site in the Jordan Valley

Israel seeks early re-tender of mining rights to shore up Dead Sea

Up to now, the Israeli government has rarely intervened in the operations of the biggest extractor: the Dead Sea Works. That is about to change.

A general view shows Dead Sea Works factory at the Dead Sea, Israel July 17, 2018

Can climate change bring Israel and Jordan closer together?

If Israel and Jordan do decide to further their trading relationship, the two countries will have much to benefit.

WHO WILL patrol the Jordan Valley

Despite terror attack in Qasr el yahod, pilgrims go on

On Friday, three IDF soldiers were wounded in a ramming attack in Qasr el Yahod. On Saturday, Christian pilgrims prayed there nevertheless.

Qasr el Yahud baptism

Taly's Travel: Staying cool in the Galilee Panhandle

Free daily tours leave from the upper station, and the views of Syria and the Golan Heights are fantastic!

Cooking class at Adir Winery.

Unprecedented 7,200-year-old vessel for food storage rituals found in Jordan Valley

“Tel Tsaf offers a glimpse into a unique time capsule, with excellent preservation of organic remains and other archaeological findings."

Prof. Danny Rosenberg, of the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa, holds the ancient vessel.

More than the two-state solution: The many possible paths to peace

What are we talking about when we talk about solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?

A general view of a part of Ma’aleh Adumim

Israelis, Jordanians, Palestinians meet on Jordan River

Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit: "Israel can help improve the lives of 600,000 Jordanians on the other side of the river."

Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit meeting with Jordanian Minister Saad Abu Hammour.

Region's baptism sites a bridge completing the Holy Land pilgrimage

A baptism site popular with Christian tourists on the Jordan River has received UNESCO recognition in Jordan, but more tourists flock to the Israeli-run side.

African pilgrims immerse themselves on the Israeli side of the Jordan River. Inset, a view of the Jordanian baptism site on the other side of the river.

River pollution unites Israelis, Jordanians, Palestinians

A joint Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian initiative to save the Jordan River and upgrade the area of the Jordan River Valley on both sides of the river is unveiled.

Swimming at the mouth of the Jordon River last week