(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool, File)Ī stretch of the river, for instance, was a hostile frontier between once-warring Israel and Jordan river water also separates Jordan on its eastern bank from the Israeli-occupied West Bank, seized by Israel in a 1967 war and sought by the Palestinians for a state. The Bible says Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River.
Christian pilgrims stand in the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of Jericho, on Friday, Jan.The river’s decline is intertwined with the decades-old Arab-Israeli conflict and rivalries over precious water supplies in an area where so much is contested. People bathe in the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022.People spend the day at the Jordan River near Kibbutz Kinneret in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022.Only a tiny fraction of the river’s historical water flow now reaches its terminus in the Dead Sea. Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv participate in a baptismal ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of Jericho on Friday, Jan.Environmental group EcoPeace Middle East has been urging regional collaboration on the Jordan between rivals who have long had every motivation to squeeze as much water as possible out of the river or its tributaries. Buildings stand at Al-Maghtas, known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River in Jordan on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.The river’s dwindling waters are sluggish and a dull brownish green in this area. Olga Bokkas, a visitor from Connecticut, immerses herself in the waters of the Jordan River at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of Jericho on Sunday, July 31, 2022.Syrian Christian Zuhair Al-Sahawi immerses his hand in water at the Bethany Beyond the Jordan baptismal site on the east bank of the Jordan River in Jordan on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.FILE – Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv stand in the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of Jericho on Friday, Jan.Symbolically and spiritually, the Jordan is of mighty significance to many as the place where Jesus is said to have been baptized. A cow crosses the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022.(AP Photo/Raad Adayleh) (Took out the last sentence).
The river holds significance as the scene of miracles in the Old Testament and the site of Christ’s baptism. UNESCO has declared Bethany Beyond the Jordan a World Heritage Site. Tourists visit Al-Maghtas, known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River in Jordan on Wednesday, June 8, 2022.
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