Some 2,000 years ago, Jesus walked across the Sea of Galilee, according to the Bible. Today, that doesn’t require a miracle.
Home to six percent of the world's population, yet just one percent of the world's freshwater resources, the Middle East needs to take critical action to narrow the gap between water supply and demand.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/11/middleeast/middle-east-water/index.html
Israel’s Sea of Galilee and Dead Sea are dying – What Is Being Done?
Drought turns the Fertile Crescent into a dust bowl.
https://earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/sensing-our-planet/crisis-in-the-crescent
Is the Sea of Galilee's recent water level rise dangerous?
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/is-the-sea-of-galilees-recent-water-level-rise-dangerous-663520
Sinking Israel-Jordan relations leave Dead Sea, a natural wonder, low and dry
Jordan River's holy water is slowly drying up
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/jordan-rivers-holy-water-is-slowly-drying-up/10665436
What Does the Future of the Euphrates Spell for the Middle East?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-does-future-euphrates-spell-middle-east-180967224/
Desalinated water affects the energy equation in the Middle East
https://www.iea.org/commentaries/desalinated-water-affects-the-energy-equation-in-the-middle-east
Is desalination the Sea of Galilee's savior?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-galilee-idUSKCN1NA1EV
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