Salt, Sewage and Sinkholes: The Death of the Dead Sea | Foreign Correspondent

It’s the lowest place on earth. A sea in the middle of a desert. Fed by the waters of the Jordan River, nestled on the borders of Israel, Jordan and the West Bank, the Dead Sea has supported life and provided spiritual healing for millennia.
But today the Dead Sea is disappearing, its waterline receding year by year. And the fight over this diminishing resource is fueling tensions between Palestinians and Israelis.
In a visually stunning story, correspondent Eric Tlozek travels through this ancient land to unravel the mysteries of this vanishing sea.
Upstream in the Jordan Valley, the waters which feed into the Dead Sea have been diverted for agriculture and now there’s not enough to go around.
Zeyad, whose family lives in the Jordan Valley, says Palestinian farmers aren’t getting their fair share of water.
“They have a very big shortage of water. The water allocated for this village actually is less than 50% of the needed water.”
David, an Israeli farmer, says the Jewish settlers have used the water well, making an arid land productive and fertile.
‘When we came to the Jordan Valley, we found a desert’, says David, a spokesperson for settlers in the West Bank. ‘Nothing was growing here. So now the Jordan Valley is green.’
Downstream, as a result of less water, the landscape around the Dead Sea is being dramatically transformed and is collapsing in on itself. It’s creating a strange phenomenon - ‘sinkholes’.
Highways which once teemed with traffic are now buckled and broken. Holiday resorts which once hosted families are abandoned and ruined.
“It’s a spectacular landscape that developed in a few years”, says an Israeli government geologist.
Meanwhile, the faithful still believe in the waters’ healing powers even though much of the water they bless now comes from sewage pipes.
“Once the water of the river is blessed…anyone that has any kind of pain or any kind of bad feelings he can wash himself with this water and he can be healed”, says an Armenian Orthodox priest.
There’s debate about schemes which could halt the sea’s decline but there’s little political will.
“Who will pay the price for this water?”, asks one geologist.
This is an epic journey through a land with a rich history, a troubled present and an uncertain future.
“If our children will say that they wanted to save it, they can't even do it because it's too late. Everything that's happening here, it's because of us,” says Carmit, an Israeli hydrologist.
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[@ellast1]

One day people are going to find out they can't eat money but it'll be too late. Greed is a sad affair.

[@rosanegra-urbanmusic7678]

Golden Words!

[@louisemorgan3237]

Sitting Bull

[@seth7745]

Now if only the Biden Administration would heed these words. People are trying to warn them, but being ignored.

[@seanlanglois8620]

I've been saying this for years I worked in the plumbing industry and the amount of water that you see that goes to waste just from leaky faucets it's insane cuz people don't get that once it's gone it's gone. The way this planet is going I don't think it's got more then 25years of the way we consume water.

[@dianaschaefer5636]

@@seanlanglois8620 good, I can't wait until its gone.

[@Drakey_Fenix]

I don't understand how this is still a surprise to that many people. The same happened to the Aral Sea when water was diverted to agriculture, and that sea is gone today, only a small section of it is still left. Making the same mistake over and over again without learning is going to be the doom of our species one day.

[@tobyihli9470]

Easy now. It won’t doom our species, but it is very short sighted, selfish, and mean spirited, though. The water that was diverted away from the Aral Sea benefited one country, the Soviet Union, at the expense of the countries which depended on the fishing and tourism that arose from the Aral Sea. Israel controls the Sea of Galilee discharge and benefits from it, but Israel has other commercial interests in the Dead Sea, and it would surprise me if they sat and did nothing while two heavily laden trains collided. Nuts!

[@spinorman]

Lake Mead and Lake Powell in Colorado are drying, As well with Lake Poopo in Bolivia, Lake Badwater, Lake Chad, and Owens Lake. I am sure there are more. Groundwater in the Midwest, Southwest and West all disappearing.

[@jehiahmaduro6827]

@@spinorman Dessert and arid areas once held promise of bountiful harvests in the desert. But we were too arrogant. We thought we could disrupt a finely balanced ecosystem and exploit its natural resources without consequences. Decades of bending and subjugating the natural would to our will without understanding it have now come back to bite us in the butt.

[@Nolixe]

@@tobyihli9470 "Soviet Union, at the expense of the countries which depended on the fishing and tourism" What countries? All countries around Aral Sea were part of Soviet Union.

[@demikpre]

They and understand, it's nothing but greed and just assuming they won't be around for the consequences

[@seashepherds4959]

"When the Well is Dry we know the worth of WATER"- Ben Franklin

[@bluelava4282]

Common sense

[@bluelava4282]

@james dubanos stay well

[@magatism]

Try drinking from the dead sea.😃😃😃

[@waemikiblah2332]

If we apply about our life one by one....for some who can understand it's a math calculate lifr

[@nyakwarObat]

@@magatism say something sensible or shut up

[@5858salena]

The more they drain out the more it disappear. Thanks for a very honest documentary

[@childofthecreatorgod9962]

LOL! It s evaporating faster than water can flow into it from the Jordan river, nobody is draining it. This is prophesied in the Bible if you read one. It is also prophesied that fish will thrive in it. Fish are now thriving in the now fresh water in the exposed sink holes.

[@solstice2318]

I grew up there and walked those beaches as a boy. I feel like one of the last witnesses of a dying world that future generations won't be able to even imagine. Behold! a planet, used to thrive with life, become as dead as the disappearing dead Sea.

[@patandderry8416]

Nonsense. Change always happens. I am sure cavemen saw all sort of wonder that eroded away. When the global population declines after a big war the waters will stop being used up and the Dead Sea will fill up again. After that little children will walk along new shores. Your short life is NOTHING in the grand scheme of things.

[@solstice2318]

@@patandderry8416 maybe, maybe not.

[@lisakilgore1903]

I also worry that all that pulling of underground waters, minerals and other natural resources is not only creating the sinkholes but the heating of our planet's core temperature is also creating underground deserts. Its actually scary.

[@wesclark3396]

@@patandderry8416 right? Nevada use to have one of the largest inland seas. There's still a ton of water underground here today because of it. They have found banana tree seeds in Oregon. But, banana does not grow there. It's still a rain forest, just not a tropical one.

[@joeblack1126]

There's more life on this planet now than there ever has been its even greener than it ever has been, the dead sea has been dead of life besides bacteria for millions of years, get a life F,F,S.

[@joeblack1126]

The dead sea being the lowest place on earth means it cant flow anywhere except up in the air through evaporation so minerals and salts just build up & up, coming from Bea Shiva down into the dead sea valley is the most awe inspiring view in the world, in my opinion, its like the valley of Gwangi spectacular prehistoric landscape.

[@kimpulsipher647]

I don't understand why the sink holes are a mystery. No matter if it is limestone or salt the principle is the same-underground erosion. The speed might be a question but the principles are the same. The Great Salt Lake is also getting smaller for most of the same reasons. Why are people suprised that lakes get smaller if you divert the water?

[@robertspencer5219]

People have a very tenuous grasp of reality. Maybe no real grasp at all.

[@dethray1000]

nonsense--they are shallow seas with NO outlet of any kind except the canal to utah lake and only some water--the salton sea is a fake lake created when a levee broke--there is zero use of very salty water numskull

[@johnsmith-oh2xo]

Because they have a globalist liberal agenda to scare us and fearmonger us about the hoax called climate change the earth is changing but not because of humans it's because the earth is geologically always changing the earth goes threw changes all the time don't let these people fool you....

[@kathyk479]

It's how some caves are formed...

[@leskobrandon691]

You can blame man, but isnt man just a part of the earth's processes? Dead sea creatures built up as pollution for millions of years on the sea floor before there were processes to break them down. Thats how we got oil. Animals have caused land characteristics to change for millions of years. We don't call them irresponsible. Man's effect on the earth is undeniable. But I'll put my money on the earth every time. There was a time when there was no Dead Sea. Just like dude saying now the Jordan Valley is green. Not all change is bad. Do people think just how much the earth changed in a matter of the blink of an eye with the recession of the glaciers just some 10 to 12 thousand years ago. Sea levels rose 300 to 400 feet. People that were alivevthen probably watched as the seas rose 10 plus feet just in their lifetimes. We are taught to believe man is bad. Some bad things happen, but its not necessarily because man is bad. Man does what he has to survive. Look at the Salton Sea in southern California. It was a thriving oasis 50 to 60 years ago. It wasnt even there 120 years ago. Then it formed. It had a period of balance, but water continued to drain into it as lakes do, and it gained salt every year, eventually becoming too saline. Its dead now. Just saying.

[@bonnieharris8112]

I've heard why the Dead Sea is going away. The farmers are using up the water in the Jordan River. I live in California, and the Salton Sea and Mono Lake are called the "two dead seas that Los Angeles killed". It's pathetic, people should be ashamed!

[@amynazza]

Look up Lake Chad in Africa. Same story. It has shrunk >60% since the 1970s. Salt Lake in Utah is also shrinking.

[@tammytakitch8741]

Cleaning up dumbs

[@MilaZiki]

mini hidro centrals are killers!!!!

[@shanaguilar8352]

Lake Meade, as well.😟☹

[@sequri]

Aral Sea.

[@bobs182]

The Salton Sea in California.

[@andreabennington]

Wow! I am impressed. This was a true documentary. It didn’t try to tell you what to think. Instead it informed you and helped you understand the situation.

[@noahhyde8769]

But, I'm rather curious. You and I (and every person commenting here, and every human on earth) requires water for survival. How can we condemn others for using water when we do it, ourselves? How do we know WE aren't contributing to water depletion, somewhere along the line? Maybe we should just stop using water, and see how well WE fare.

[@hurrdurrmurrgurr]

@@noahhyde8769 We know it if we aren't watering lawns, building pools and taking baths instead of showers. It could be argued even that is too much and we should instead wash with a damp rag but there comes a point where the blame can no longer be pushed onto the individual and must be directed at industries draining aquifers for short term gain and governments for allowing all this to happen.

[@annwilliams6438]

@@noahhyde8769 Slow down on breeding more people so less water is needed…

[@nunya2954]

@@annwilliams6438 - And ban swimming pools. They are a complete waste of water

[@redbutterfly88]

It didnt try? its telling u straight people of israel growing population is taking water. simple english u didnt understand?

[@redfern3876]

...and when the wells run dry...I'm so sad and deeply struck by this documentary. Thank you.

[@laurel1865]

The Dead Sea is really living up to its name

[@nyakwarObat]

Interesting to see what you got out of this.

[@larrymondelo9867]

If this land gets any holier, everyone will sink TOGETHER !

[@joyridesham]

😁😁😁😁😆😆😆😆😆

[@saintessa]

Ha true though

[@tukangbobo]

Well said.

[@Plumeria808]

😂🤣

[@seanlanglois8620]

Lol

[@theweatherisaokay4964]

Not far in the future, water is gold.

[@kimberleeswisher3414]

New INVENTION to extract water from air

[@sootuckchoong7077]

1 litre of water costs 1 lb.of gold.

[@CortexNewsService]

Depending on where you are, it already is.

[@DiviAugusti]

Desalination technology advances every year.

[@kilburn1313]

@@DiviAugusti There is a lot of water theft in Australian river system, also buying & selling of water by ruthless people

[@shiny2423]

I vacationed in Jordan in 1982 and had developed painful itching hives all over my body. Swimming in the Dead Sea was the only thing that gave me relief.

[@philipjfry1383]

It's renown for it's healing properties for skin issues.

[@josepeixoto3384]

you could do that at home in the bathtub, salt is cheap

[@Aeon1019]

@@josepeixoto3384 lol 😆

[@ancebouye9985]

I visited twice the Dead Sea before and I realized when I personally saw it that it is possible sea water can vanish from the ocean or seas no matter how big it is when men continues to cosume it.

[@wolu9456]

did it burn your private areas? i'm quite curious. i don't know if your male of female but it would be useful to know which if i am to decide if i want to go before i die. which is soon. unfortunately. It's a big downer when you find out that you mean nothing to your so called friends when you tell them your life expectancy.

[@LeperKing9063]

@@wolu9456 there's only one way to find out 😎

[@honeybunch5765]

@@wolu9456 no I doubt it burns, maybe if you have cuts. I hope you will be well, remember there are different types of friends in your life. Some are very superficial and just there for a laugh and fun which is good and then you have that one or two friends that are the ones you share your deepest thoughts with. They are the ones that cares on another level and it could be a partner or a family member too.

[@FluxeyHnS]

"sink holes are mysterious" -simply explains how they formed

[@sailingsolar]

I know there are people of all IQ's watching this. They serve everyone, even morons. Like the Discovery Channel.

[@Coconutkid788]

Not.occupied...you mean liberated

[@basha9482]

@@Coconutkid788 Palestine is illegally occupied by Israel and its immoral, illegal and offensive military.

[@ramirlopez1396]

isn't that sink holes are remnants of underground rivers, lakes, and acquifers that also dried up, above it are pressure cause by the weight of the ground itself or perhaps heavy infrastructure that was built in that area that cause the ground to depressed and make revealing holes as a result.

[@zeinobees2495]

@@ramirlopez1396 so rightly said !👍

[@jeannine7002]

Psalm 7:14-16 KJV [14] Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. [15] He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. [16] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

[@mariehaikal3048]

I am so glad that this documentary is showing the true picture of what is happening politicaly in that area. Thank you!

[@mkadi70]

I am glad that this documentary is somewhat fair...Water is one issue

[@1m2rich]

Older poor women are cheap labor. A plantation like situation. Israel takes the Palestian water and cheap labor. Holy water? So bad. It is not beautiful. It is ugly and dying.

[@Ann-il8if]

We learned about dead sea and it’s excess salinity in school….always planning to travel to experience it in person…..but this is really sad how planet is getting destroyed day by day

[@DinisMadeira]

Planet's fine.

[@MilanzBulldog-pc6mw]

The Dead Sea apparently tastes really salty because of all of the seamen in it otherwise known as the salty sav

[@bettyfelton3719]

Its all about the $$$

[@1m2rich]

We keep taking from the planet. POLLUTING the air with CO2, chemicals and particulates of war and fires and wonder why the climate is changing. Same thing with the Great Salt Lake area. When are we going to talk over population? Not since the two world wars have the earth been under attack. The hole in the ozone layer caused then.

[@wilkinrivera6941]

Peoples greed

[@gregcampbell4577]

Every Knee shall bow Every tongue confess ,there will be No hiding place No stone shall be unturned.

[@trevortagliabue5650]

There's an age old saying: A bird never shits in its own nest....

[@eleveneleven572]

Its the Middle Easr and North Africa story...take and never put back. They have destroyed the environment over centuries....forests cut down, no replanting, wildlife indiscriminately wiped out and now a sea dies.

[@moonbase1comein543]

You mean don't sheet on yurr own doorstep

[@geozap4518]

The Arabs in Gaza are flying incendiary balloons into Israel causing extreme damage to the environment. Just goes to show who is the proper owner of the land.

[@meowmeow5592]

@Joe Sure, Not 🤣😁

[@elisabethdakak878]

Israel

[@justines1919]

Never thought I’d see the Dead Sea die.

[@skywayshine]

An excellent in-depth documentary. Thank you. Having visited En Gedi several times, we adore the whole area. Pity the future may not be on our side. Best regards from Chris

[@kirkkirkland7244]

The bible says that the Dead Sea will be a place where fishermen will dry their nets on it's shoreline and the bible has never been wrong!!!

[@1m2rich]

@@kirkkirkland7244 Over population is an issue. Religious groups ignore it. In Florida under ground water is being sold to the world. A potential disaster.

[@SorbusAucubaria]

So essentially one reason people are fighting in middle east is water.

[@SUNNY-Z8]

Земли и власть над ними

[@gipsi2001]

was there three years ago. It is a real concern to see this beautiful place vanishing

[@kels-4339]

what a shame. beautiful places and incredible environments being lost forever bc of us being so careless with the outcome and effect it has on our gorgeous planet. makes me so sad and so mad that people can’t wake up and see what they are doing by their own hands. makes me sick.

[@shelliejones434]

💯 agreed

[@zariballard]

What are we doing exactly to destroy the planet? You believe the nonsense.

[@seekittycat]

Dead sea and literal main source of water: *dying* People: /watering their lawns

[@marktwain368]

Excellent and timely documentary about a critical location with a critical issue!

[@phobic_musics]

The reality of it is they destroyed a critical natural location for birds to migrate and then they want to complain about their loss! As if losing the ability to cover yourself in mineral mud is a loss versus the natural disaster that they created. Typical

[@phobic_musics]

There should be no sympathy for the people who did this to nature and then have the audacity to complain about it as if it's some kind of calamity against them

[@tarunreddy1040]

Wonderful place...I like the way they do agriculture without much water...I love both countries..

[@ioanetusani1530]

Wow! Thank you for sharing this 🙏 ❤ Watching from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@anthonycarney7849]

Eye opening it’s raining here now in eniskillen in Northern Ireland and we are complaining about it

[@DH-hz6rv]

When the water completely disappears, they can pray for help & blame everyone but themselves.

[@10-AMPM-01]

Blame Moses again...

[@moonbase1comein543]

That was Red Sea not Dead Sea,

[@bengagnon2894]

I'm sure they will find a way to blame Iran. They always do.

[@kilburn1313]

@@bengagnon2894 Or Trump

[@rolandboerhof9391]

And as a last resort, there is always the ultimate trump card anti semitism

[@rolandoscar1696]

I cycled thru Israel, and, as we could pitch our tent anywhere we liked, after a glorious downhill ride from Yerushalayim to the Dead Sea, that lasted 4 hours, l pitched my tent, after sundown, in an area that said " No camping". Too dark to move elsewhere. Next morning l came across another sign warning us of leopards! Lucky me. Great to see the area again in this video.

[@imperialleather5448]

Lmao leopards.....wtf....x

[@fribelenesoliven4305]

Thanks for this documentary film. As if we've been to that place even by just watching your video. God bless you more

[@David-en1sy]

The same issue is also happening in the “Salt Lake” in Utah. It’s drying up now and it’s causing Air issues there, because of the issues of the Salt left in open areas.

[@childofthecreatorgod9962]

About 20 years ago, I flew over the Salt lake, and the salt was a white lining the sea as a soap scum ring around a bath tub.

[@melvyncarrot4741]

The best way to preserve it, LEAVE IT ALONE.

[@basha9482]

Cease the Israeli water diversion of the Jordan river to stop the destruction of the Dead Sea. This is political greed at its worst.

[@nitaq4451]

stop the water diversion from the west side of jordan river and everything ill be ok, thank you indeed we only need to leave it be and let nature ane God heal it, not just this land but everywhere

[@thar4x4]

😟😟 it's very sad to see how we all are destroying our beautiful planet we call home 😢😢

[@johnadams1147]

When humans are happy to destroy their neighbours homes then the planet doesn't stand a chance.

[@larsstougaard7097]

Name me any place on earth and I will tell you stories about human destruction. I just saw a documentary on Netflix where it was said that in the last 50 years humanity has killed of almost 70 % of all wild life on earth. Humans are short sighted and destructive, just read some of the 1000 UN reports. I have seen scientists say earth can sustain like 2,5 billion people in a sustainable way. We are nearly 8 billion people and in 80 years 3 billion more will come mostly in Africa, Middle East and Asia. It's madness if you ask me, much pain and suffering, conflicts and war is coming and no one do anything about it. So enjoy life now if you can.

[@jonsafford2567]

My home is in heaven. God will make a new heaven and new earth in His time.

[@larsstougaard7097]

@@jonsafford2567 agree that is the way, make yourself, your house or garden the paradise you want. Let go of this crazy world and don't try to change people. Be the example to follow, live in inner peace, meditate or do good things that gives you joy and happiness in life. We need more of that. 😊🙏🌏🌻

[@oftin_wong]

We cant destroy the planet but we can remove our place in it for sure

[@stephen12264]

Why does man have to be so destructive to everything it touches?

[@magatism]

Destruction is part of nature, you become enemy when you stop the teconstruction.

[@nadiahinson3515]

Because gold rules

[@wilkinrivera6941]

Because the greed make us the worst predators

[@Taz6688]

Very frustrating seeing educated but bigoted people, knowing full well what they are doing, but are not prepared to do anything to fix the problem, in a region with plenty of sun, they could use solar power to help pump water back in to supply everyone.

[@elkiness]

Wow. Fascinating. I've been going there as much as I can for 50 years, and didn't realize all of what is going on. I was there the day the sinkholes opened--staying at Ein Gedi's vacation rooms right at the edge of the water. After going for medical/mud/sulpher baths, I went back and was stopped going to my room. A sinkhole had opened. Just where I'd walked over that morning to call home. A woman fell in--only several meters down, not hurt: she had a cell phone and was calling friends in the Ein Gedi Kibbutz. (Up high above the Dead Sea.) So she was easily rescued. A man working in the date palms fell into another--also not hurt, but he couldn't get out. Only when he didn't come home from work did they go look for him. So strange....such a wonderous place. I'm an artist and always drew and painted there; did a whole show in which many people wrote in the guest book--''Life comes to the Dead Sea!". So sad to see. Hope, hope, something can be done in time. I'm so glad you did this report. It may help in waking more people up to the situation.

[@honeybunch5765]

Wow you got lucky, you could have fallen into a hole. Is it really good for your skin? Do you see the difference, doesn't it dry your skin out a lot? The dead sea has always fascinated me.

[@elkiness]

@@honeybunch5765 Hi! It's very good for your skin indeed. Lots of cosmetics are made from the minerals. After bathing (and a shower to get the salt off), you skin feels like a baby's! Some sort of natural oil.

[@chowardlaw8417]

Something CAN be done. Whether it will be - perhaps not. Will be expensive and (unfortunately) vulnerable to attack by ill-disposed people. But - can be done. BIG siphon (pipeline - BIG one) from the Mediterranean coast over the hills and down to the Dead Sa. Fill it with pumps, then open the valves and let gravity do the rest. And - can put some turbines at the base of the hills on outlet side and make a LOT of electricity free after the initial capital investment and on-going normal maintenance.

[@kirkkirkland7244]

The bible says that the dead Sea will be a place where fishermen dry their nets on it's shoreline and the bible has never been wrong!!! It will come back!!! You can trust God's word!!!

[@josepeixoto3384]

??? what is a mud bath,you fell in the mud or in the sewer, sorrynever heard that expression before

[@zilasioral4]

Greediness and selfishness make THIS EARTH dying we must do something to extend LIFe in this earth by PRAYING SERIOUSLY and REPENTANcE OF SINS.

[@hots4jc]

So true. “If my people who are called by My name shall humble themselves and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways THEN shall I hear from heaven forgive their sins and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

[@zilasioral4]

PLEASE IAM BEGGING PLEADING ALL HUMANS TO REPENT AND PRAY SERIOUSLY PLEASE KINDLY OPEN THE FACEBOOK OF OMEN MARATTON YOU CAN READ THE REAL AND TRUTH OF ALL THE HAPPENINGS TODAY SHE ASK TO HELP ALL HUMANS FOR THE REPENTANCE OF OUR SI S AND TO PRAY SERIOUSLY HOD BLESS US ALL. REPENTANCE AND PRAYER

[@S..kondeeznuts]

Thank you for being honest , great work.

[@ValerieDee123]

Sink holes are indicative of large cave systems. We need to concentrate on water desalination. Not robbing water from small places. The ocean is vast.

[@tyronerowesr4219]

Exactly.

[@stevearmstrong4561]

Exactly..

[@bettyfelton3719]

Spot on!!

[@zaingazi3548]

Israel is already helping itself to everything the ocean has to offer. Soon they will fight over sea water. Israel is a curse.

[@arokiamarymangalam9923]

I have been to the dead sea a few years back. It was still good at that time

[@AngelGirl2482]

Why they call it a holy land. There nothing holy about this land, when there is no equality, no kindness, no sharing, and above all no love!.

[@oftin_wong]

I concur

[@MrMirville]

I lived there and there is no spirituality, absolutely no spirituality, no spirituality than let us say in Ottawa or Canberra : most of modern Jerusalem was actually built by the same architects and engineers who built the two others. Old Jerusalem is a small-size Disneyland park and is not so old, it is late Ottoman style (from 1450 to 1750) bar let us say a dozen churches in ruins excavated by the archeologists. The most authentic cities of Galilee which are the oldest, like Nazareth, date from the 18h-19th century, like Quebec City, never further back in time. There is no interest even in Jewish religion except for the political aspect and the money to derive from it : those who flaunt it most just don't believe in a single tenet of it except for the occult powers of kabbalah and when it comes to kabbalah it is new age hinduism of the worst kind : actually far more people do yoga than anything else as soon as they experience the slightest questioning about spiritual matters though they are only a minority among total yahoos. Same thing for Islam and Christianity : they are there to fleece the tourists. Most of the Jews are some sort of second rate Hollywood actors that haven't made it in Hollywood proper, they play various roles in a film and they consider Israel as a decor : when they are finished with their job they gather in air-conditioned shopping malls. They are not interested by the country they have under their feet. They don't inhabit it, they live in a decor. When people ask me to pray for peace in Jerusalem I answer "the day absolutely nobody pray in Jerusalem pray any longer, this will be a very great day." I would no longer call that city Jerusalem but Edenton.

[@yourallsinners1336]

It's the old land, the Hebrew have been in the new land since the 7th century b.c.. read their history!

[@oftin_wong]

@@yourallsinners1336 you are missing the point

[@yourallsinners1336]

@@oftin_wong and you're veiw point?

[@infocus-media]

I met my wife at En Gedi in 1987, I use to work at Moshav Pharan and En Gedi and Eilat was our favourite haunts at the time. It is difficult to under stand what happened there. I remember an Israeli telling us that the water of the sea is retreating but not in my wildest dreams thought is is that much. Shocking!

[@PeterrAre]

wow I visited here in 85, floated in the sea, showered off afterwards a thriving tourist attraction - - shocking. But even then they were saying that the sea level was dropping

[@greghemlock6679]

When you pull water out of the water table the ground collapses no big secret going on for millennium

[@ecowanderer6099]

Future Wars will be faught over water, and some already are 😢😢.

[@JamesMcCutcheon]

Humans are stupid and will be extinct before the entire mother earth is dead.

[@gillesdubreuil3255]

You don't play with mother nature,,,, she will ALWAYS win

[@melissaberends3934]

When you can float on the Dead Sea but die from a expanding sink hole nearby

[@foxu8581]

I love this kind of documentary

[@suztjembijawatson3362]

I was fortunate to visit many years ago. At that time the sea was already rapidly disappearing. I realized then that the dead sea was dieing and it was crushing. It's a place that any written description pales in comparison to reality. Exquisite. 💖

[@mmoarchives2542]

not a good sign, the sinkholes is the result of the mudflats drying up and creating chasms, and turkey soil is not the strong either, it hardens, then crumbles into dust

[@lydiaanello6208]

turky has sea snot it is polluting their area and others

[@basha9482]

You missed the whole Jordan river water diversion cause. Or are you simply trying to divert our attention to the real cause of this disaster? The mudflats are a symptom of the water diversion by Israel to control the water before it reaches West Bank, Palestine. Israeli political policy is the true cause of this disaster.

[@charleswhitehead7441]

Some years ago (30+) there was a proposal to drive a tunnel/ pipe from the mediteranean to the dead sea to replenish the "fresh" water that is diverted from the Jordan. While the Med has a hight salinity it is nowhere near that of the dead sea so it would improve the situation.

[@ogsquad2214]

this is a really good documentary it is so sad how this is happening

[@oliverlison]

It is the excessieve use of water for their date palm fields etc and harvesting the minerals through evaporation for the cosmetics. As long as money can be made, nothing will happen.

[@oliverlison]

@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss nothing changes because of one simple thing: one single human being is intelligent, a group of people is stupid.

[@moonbase1comein543]

An apocalypse is a war if u read the bible

[@kilburn1313]

Australia same with stealing & diverting water for cotton & other crops

[@basha9482]

@@kilburn1313 How easy it is to divert the crisis to another issue. Your diversion tactics don’t work anymore. Or maybe you are too ignorant to recognize the disaster Israel is creating.

[@gunnarrundblad6846]

@@basha9482 Right. There's nothing more important than promoting Jew-hate in every situation! (As if it weren't Jewish Israelis now working to solve the problem)

[@lairddougal3833]

Yay, humanity! Carry on. Learn nothing. Sacrifice everything.

[@rezwanarahman4978]

I feel bad for our children. Because of our greed, they will suffer....

[@kostaslouros2628]

@@rezwanarahman4978 Future generations will hate their ancestors and they are doomed to suffer. What more can I say?

[@mjrtom2501]

"When they Own All the Land The Future !! He Who controls the Food the Water And Your Power Will Control the People .."

[@robertmahler8894]

Excellent work! Thank you!

[@CraigWedd]

Great insite to everyday Palestinian life during a very tumultuous time. Great peice of journalism

[@orinkay838]

what r u talking about? ignorance is the wisdom of the stupid.

[@Tadpoletofrogs]

@@orinkay838 Troll.:D

[@CraigWedd]

@@orinkay838 that makes no sense

[@VFATW.]

Oh yeah poor "palastines" Just like the poor aboriginals who had their land stolen by filthy convicts

[@QuestionThingsUseLogic]

@@VFATW. true. The Indigenous of Australia are one of the 12 tribes of YasharAl aka is RA el. All the 12 tribes of Scripture are coloured people. Psalm 83 explains what specific nations did to them....😥

[@yuvalyeru]

Ein Gedi used to be such a beautiful resort, it's so sad that all I have left of it are memories😢

[@verah619]

I visited En Gedi kibbutz in 2001... And bathed in the Dead Sea .. Looks like people are still bathing there and enjoying a mud bath...

[@stephenparallox]

"What is dead may never die!"

[@teddyli4763]

Thank you for covering this

[@DDLTex]

Our earth is getting pretty old and Mankind is not helping but killing it slowly

[@corieydadon]

What are you doing to fix

[@testing-je7yz]

This is what causes conflict. These villagers can't even build their community without these illegal settlement taking not only land but stealing anything of value. Hope things changes 🙏

[@ghostagent3552]

Sometimes hope is the main problem without us knowing that it is one.

[@zildjianlegaspi386]

very nice video,i learned a lot.

[@qweqwe700]

this is a well done nuanced piece

[@maburg713]

No one can convince you so thoroughly and completely of their God-given right to own everything they want as the religious fanatics.

[@zarminazafar2792]

@Cuz Im Mom Seriously Im baffled by the stubborness that these people have. But no worries as now is their time. Then our time will come too to take revenge and everything back from them

[@maburg713]

@filo betto - "Buying it"?? That would be an improvement over stealing it and stepping on the people it actually belongs to. But go on. At some point, every person -- every ^nation^ has to deal with its own "Karma".

[@maburg713]

@@zarminazafar2792 - Exactly.

[@Tulip97]

@@zarminazafar2792 yes except arabs have always been willing to live alongside Jews in Islamic countries. We never did the shit they did to palestinians. One day palestine will be free

[@gjohnston6052]

God gave me this land...could any normal person not see where such statements lead.

[@larrydickman5936]

Most of the people who make that statement are atheist! Illan Peppe.

[@geozap4518]

@Graham Johnston Here's Greco-Roman historian Cassius Dio (164-c.235) as to whom the land belongs to: "At Jerusalem, [Hadrian] founded a city in place of the one which had been razed to the ground, naming it Aelia Capitolina, and on the site of the TEMPLE ... he raised a new temple to Jupiter. This brought on a war of no slight importance nor of brief duration, for the JEWS deemed it intolerable that foreign races should be settled in THEIR city and foreign religious rites planted there." [All emphases mine] (From Cassius Dio, Roman History 69.12.1-14.3) Poster, where were the "Palestinians" when the Jewish People were defending their homeland from the Romans?

[@kaorumugen991]

Well there's your problem, normal religious people are an oxymoron.

[@diatribe1194]

GOD...?...OF WHAT

[@daspicsman]

The next major wars may indeed be driven by clean water. It is a worldwide problem that isn’t getting any better. It’s good to see some drip irrigation being used over flood type.

[@zadadazadada4298]

Awesome video, I love to see how mother nature shows she's in control!

[@pamcullen537]

We are killing this beautiful world, it’s so sad

[@mollyhorse]

Yes ...by overpopulation.

[@PhuongBuon6]

@Brent Nuckolls shut up troll.

[@angelaberni8873]

We are NOT responsible for killing our planet. Those who control the world are the responsabile ones !!!

[@freedapeeple4049]

No, we're not killing it. We don't have that ability. We are only making it uninhabitable for humans. Mother Nature will take care of herself with or without us.

[@pamcullen537]

@@freedapeeple4049 You are so right 🦆💕

[@paulkenneally789]

The sinkhole situation is deadly… don’t go wandering up to the water or you might not make it back.

[@rajadhirajmaharaj]

israel really was created to bring the day of the doom on earth

[@smallfeet4581]

similar happened in florida usa , nearly a whole house went down in one place , pretty sad

[@dennislindqvist8443]

That smug man who said Israelis pay a lot more for the water? Who has access to 3-4 times as much on occupied land. Give them more water and they can certainly afford to pay more.

[@clevtb6775]

Very decent presentation, the mistakes we human beings make is costing us our planet.

[@joeblack1126]

The planet will be fine what's it going to do disappear.

[@toddamtmann3528]

You're one of the few people that sees the big picture.

[@graylonwashington2714]

What’s funny to me is that most of them look the same besides some of the White Jews, other than that most everyday people wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between Palestinians, Jews, and the Armenians in Jerusalem.

[@robertagabor3736]

They are all descendants of Abraham.

[@datasecure5790]

Most true my friend!!

[@ManabiLT]

It reminds me of an episode of the original _Star Trek_ series where the two guys are fighting each other, because one is black on the left side of their body and white on the left while the other is the opposite. They're the only two people left from their entire species, because they've fought each other to the death over what is clearly a silly difference to everyone except them.

[@alanaadams7440]

Abraham had sex w his maid named Haagar they had a son called Ishmael and thst was the beginning of the Arabs they are related to Isaac. who was born from Abraham and sarah they are step brothers. Hagaar was from Egypt. Because of religion they are enemies

[@paulengstrom432]

@@alanaadams7440 Isaac and Ishmael were actually half-brothers, as they shared the same father.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

I'm not going to lie. Watching geology change is pretty cool....

[@patriciamoffat1542]

Really interesting video, I had no idea about the Dead Sea disappearing. Awful, people can't share water , what a life, all this arguing and squabbling.

[@Ann-il8if]

China is doing same with many asian countries…..stealing water

[@comnixx1]

That’s the reason why it was called the “Dead Sea”. It was already dead. May the soul of the “Dead Sea” Rest In Peace.

[@janewenderby9575]

Very sad to witness the destruction of this beautiful historic place. My memories were of a vast expanse of sea with deep water, but this was before the cracks began to show in the 1980's. Before so much water was extracted.

[@baselbilleh8555]

"A video talking about dead sea." 5 minutes later: Israeli - Palestinian conflict.

[@kieranarcher3601]

I thought that myself 😂

[@melz6625]

I’m sorry watching a docu that explains the reasons behind one event is too difficult for you. Israel is living on borrowed water that will dry up soon and meanwhile they steal more from neighbors because they’re so hateful towards Palestinians. That’s the truth. Deal with it

[@kieranarcher3601]

@@melz6625 I highly doubt that the video was too much form him to watch because it was about 2 separate situations😆😏😏 he was simply stating that the video went from one topic which was in the title to another different topic that was not mentioned in the title. And basically people find it hard to talk about anything to do with Israel 🇮🇱 without bringing up the conflict. It’s exhausting in my opinion 😴 So chill out 👍

[@hardleecure]

@@melz6625 the truth is palestine was set up by the roman empire as a means to kick israelis off their own property and remove the country off the map. accurately and historically speaking, jews are the natives of the area.

[@WanderingShadow100]

Reason is Palestine is a tiny piece of land, with complex politics over past centuries. You could not discuss of anything without finding yourself to talk of politics at the end !!!

[@yumeriagirl1231]

" everything that's happening here, is because of us " She nailed it, at the end, w/ that statement.

[@christineingram55]

How sad this is happening .I have to admit I was unaware of this so it’s a big shock to me..I remember seeing it as a child on a documentary and it was not like this..But that was a very long time ago .It’s another thing being affected by mankind.I think people especially government’s have to start investing money into the environment.Things like this would not happen.Plant more trees they help with water and air.I am old now I feel sad to see what is happening to the beautiful earth.It’s the only one we will have .

[@jaysoncody8716]

Everything man touches! He destroys !

[@abdulqaiyum1432]

yea man with greed

[@cj7girl280]

Only greedy and ruthless people.

[@ghostagent3552]

@@cj7girl280 except for the fact that it includes almost everyone because we just keep spending resources reklessly.

[@cj7girl280]

@@ghostagent3552 Not me. I believe being wise and thoughtful of the environment and next generation.

[@alancadieux2984]

No, those who listen to the devil destroy everything that they touch. The bible refers to the original rebel, as: the abomination that brings desolation. He spread his rebellion into mankind, and it shows.

[@MaryOKC]

I thought Israel was making water out of air…and they have desalination systems as well. The argument over water issues in this area is thousands of years old …

[@nitaq4451]

@yaweh is our god protect us lord from devils lmao that meqns you own earth and your free to destry it? if that's what you say then you are the cancer on this earth, God help you

[@khakicampbell6640]

The argument over water is thousands of years old, but the massive increase in population, coupled with large scale industrial agriculture, industry, and people in houses with running water, hot showers, and flush toilets is all LESS THAN 100 YEARS OLD. Desalination and "water from air" are but drops in the bucket of what is needed for all these people to survive in a desert.

[@ruthlesscutthroat4030]

it seems like all tech fantasies that come from israel, are but words. here is the proof.

[@KrazyKattLady]

@@khakicampbell6640 exactly!!

[@user-hd1lu9sj6j]

Man, I remember the Ein Gedi resort it wasn't even that long ago. It's quite sad what is happening.

[@donniecothern9842]

The world is in constant change always has been and always will !!

[@shampersaud2763]

Something are meant to stay, while some last.Our world is so beautiful, until humans have interfered with it's natural processes.Although I do not want to blame anyone ,it's recognised as reality..While somethings remain a mystery, we humans must take responsibility too.

[@EduardoHernandez-cc9qn]

Thank you for such an interesting documentary.

[@HardlineFeminists]

*Humanity is a parasite that must be eliminated if Mother Earth is to survive.*

[@urmelausdemeis4743]

this is so sad in many ways 😔

[@deepakbhatt340]

Nice journey with good information. 👍

[@johniq4ve]

This what happens when you act like you know everything. Remaking the art of GOD is more like,you insulting him by destroying the beauty of his masterpiece.

[@happycook6737]

So sorry to hear about this! The Dead Sea is so unique and beautiful. Sad it is being destroyed.

[@tobybartlett]

Beautiful cinematography.

[@jaquelinepaul7384]

What is the spice? I don’t know it’s the job of the woman… In 2022 unbelievable Awesome documentary you held my attention the entire time which is not easy to do 😆

[@namazlur78]

"If I don't steal it somebody else will"

[@adrianoavellinomorata4376]

Yaakob🤣

[@leahmontes2985]

Very informative documentary.thanks.

[@sasori25]

That historical and biblical sea is double dead!

[@dukballa8214]

That's what happens when you steal the land and resources

[@DumbSkippy]

The Map shown as Israel in 1948.... How about showing the real map from the Balfour declaration ? What a shame the ABC can't or won't produce a doco without Anti-Israeli sentiment.