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June 10, 2022, 3:23 pm
Gaza beaches made safe for swimming with help of environmental peace group
Israel director of EcoPeace says the Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian organization’s work on sewage treatment has improved water quality in both the enclave and nearby Israeli beaches
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Experts say that at best, dramatic changes in the way natural resources are drawn from area may stop further decline, but restoration may be beyond hope
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April 11, 2016, 11:39 am
Peace alliance seeks to move beyond sharing a plate of hummus
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Baptism by mire? In lower Jordan River, sewage mucks up Christian rite
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June 11, 2015, 6:57 pm
To heal defiled Jordan River, activists wade into murky regional politics
A massive tome from environmental group Eco-Peace paints a vision of how Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians could cooperate to clean the troubled waterway
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