Israel creates plan to develop, protect Sea of Galilee - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Rina Bassist

Rina Bassist

Jul 12, 2020

People gather near an island that was exposed due to low water level in the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on August 30, 2018. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images) — People gather near an island that was exposed by low water in the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Aug. 30, 2018. — AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

A fishing boat floats on the shores of the manmade Lake Razzaza, west of the Shiite Muslim holy city of Karbala, around 120 kilometres south of Baghdad, on May 20, 2013. For the past two weeks, most of fishermen who rely on their trade to make a living, have stopped sailing on the lake fearing that they might by targeted by gunmen coming from the mainly Sunni Muslim Anbar province where security has deteriorated. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Israel set to top up Galilee with desalinated water from Mediterranean

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

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Israel has started to place a new pipeline to carry desalinated water from the Mediterranean Sea to fill the Sea of Galilee, Israel'smain water reservoir

Israel to top up shrinking Sea of Galilee with desalinated water

Agence France-Presse