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Parting the Waters
This story appears in the April 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. For a biblical stream whose name evokes divine tranquillity, the Jordan River is nobody's idea of peace on Earth.
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Israelis commemorate Bible's Jordan River crossing 3,300 years ago
On Tuesday, the Jordan River crossings (Kasser Al-Yahud) hosted an event commemorating the historic crossing of the Jordan River by the Israelites approximately 3,300 years ago. Led by the Jordan ...
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‘From the river to the sea’: The slogan that led to Rashida Tlaib’s censure, explained
The Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea form the eastern and western boundaries, respectively, of what was the British Mandate of Palestine before 1948. It is also the heart of the biblical Land of ...
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GOP committee chair demands staff call West Bank by biblical name
The Republican House Foreign Affairs Committee chair instructed GOP staff to refer to the West Bank by its biblical name ... of the West Bank along the Jordan River, claimed by both Israelis ...
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Biblical-scale catastrophe unfolding in Gaza Strip — Russia’s UN envoy
"It’s time to call it what it is: a humanitarian catastrophe on a biblical scale is unfolding on occupied Palestinian territory, in the West Bank of the Jordan River and in the Gaza Strip," he said.