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The Jordan River or River Jordan (Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (Arabic: نهر الشريعة), is a 251-kilometre-long (156 mi) endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead Sea.
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The 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty recognized part of the area – known as the Naharayim/Baqura Area in the treaty or, according to the map annexed to the treaty and authenticated by both Israel and Jordan, [5] the Baqura/Naharayim area – to be under Jordanian sovereignty, but leased Israeli landowners freedom of entry.
The surface water of the Jordan River remains disputed with Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians. Only with Jordan was Israel able to reach an agreement on the sharing of water resources in 1995 as part of the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty. 48 million cubic meters of water per year were provided to Israel under the Peace Treaty in 2011. [15] [23]
The park is at the confluence of the Jordan River and Yarmouk River. [1] Pinhas Rutenberg's Naharayim hydroelectric power station can be seen from here. The 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty recognized the area to be under Jordanian sovereignty but leased Israeli landowners freedom of entry. [2] The 25-year renewable lease ended in 2019.
The "fact-finding" trip to Israel by NJ school superintendents was designed to provide information about the Hamas attack and its aftermath.
Yardena was founded in 1952 by immigrants to Israel from Iraqi Kurdistan. It is named "Yardena" (Jordan in Hebrew) because it is on the Jordan River. A school in the moshav been converted into the Center for Kurdistan Cultural Heritage. [2]
A bilingual and integrated school in Jerusalem has been praised for its efforts to heal divisions between Jewish and Arab communities.