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Israel’s Cabinet today reviewed in detail the various developments surrounding steps taken or planned by the Arab states for diversion of the headwaters of the Jordan River. The reports from the ...

Upstream, at the Sea of Galilee, the river's fresh waters are diverted via Israel's National Water Carrier to the cities and farms of Israel, while dams built by Jordan and Syria claim a share of ...

Jordan is ready to declare war on Israel in the event that Prime Minister ... close to the Jordan River. It would simply be unable to accommodate a significant inflow of refugees, they said.