Historic Agreement to Link Dead Sea and Red Sea

Teresa Neumann : Dec 9, 2013
Ari Yashar – Israel National News

Israel calls the agreement a "breakthrough after many years of efforts."

(Jerusalem)—Israel's Energy Minister Silvan Shalom announced that Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA) will sign an "historic" agreement at the World Bank in Washington to link the Red Sea with the Dead Sea.

Shalom called the agreement a "breakthrough after many years of efforts. It is nothing less than a historic move."

With the Dead Sea set to dry out by 2050, Jordan, in August, initially announced a $980 million dollar project to transfer water.

According to a Yediot Aharonot newspaper, the idea to join the two seas dates back to a peace treaty signed in 1994 between Israel and Jordan.