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By Stephanie Stroud | June 25, 2010Investigating the role that fresh water access has played in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in the West Bank. To illuminate ways in which water scarcity can lead to violence and warfare, but it can also lead to peace through diplomacy and cooperation.
Jordan River: Day 11
Manufacturing Water
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 11, 2010It is so dry here. I drink water constantly but always my throat feels scratchy. My eyes feel as dry as the barren riverbeds of the region, and it seems no amount of eye drops can remedy the situation.
Jordan River: Day 9
The Holy City
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 10, 2010
Hindus call Varanasi, which was our first stop on this Expedition, their holiest city. Muslims, Jews, and Christians name Jerusalem, where we are today, one of their holiest cities. Both places contend that they are the oldest continuously inhabited cities on Earth, and you can feel their timeworn auras.
Jordan River: Day 5
Of Seas and Rivers
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 10, 2010
We arrived late last night to a youth hostel north of the Sea of Galilee, and laughed when we found Jos and Duff editing blissfully away in the common room as hordes of club-going teenagers wandered by. The pounding music kept us up til 2am. Middle Easterners can seriously party; there’s been a raging discotheque at every stop of our trip here!
Jordan River: Day 4
Water Day
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 10, 2010It takes a minimum of two hours and four buses, each of which travels approximately the length of a tennis court, to cross the border between Jordan and Israel at the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee. We just learned that through experience.
The two countries enjoy an uneasy peace. Jordan lies along the east side of the Jordan River Valley, Israel and the Palestinian Authority along the west – but they share the river’s valuable and rapidly dwindling freshwater resources.
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