Choral Music Festival Calls for Rehabilitation of the Jordan River
This blog post was contributed by Jessica Marx, intern at FoEME’s Tel Aviv office. From January 14 through 15, EcoPeace/Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) partnered with the “Mi-la” Organization (the Israeli Center for Choirs and Singing Groups) in holding its annual “Around the Kinneret” Choral Music Festival, this year calling for the rehabilitation […]
A bicycle ride for the Jordan River
This blog post was contributed by Efrath Silver, intern at FoEME’s Tel Aviv office. Today, October 15th, is Blog Action Day 2010, with a special focus on the issue of water. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. […]
European Parliament passes historic resolution in support of regional rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River
MEDIA RELEASE European Parliament passes historic resolution in support of regional rehabilitation of the Lower Jordan River September 13, 2010 Amman, Tel Aviv, Bethlehem The European Parliament passed an historic resolution on September 9th, bringing attention to the critical state of the Lower Jordan River and calling upon the governments of Israel, Jordan and Palestine […]
A Big Jump into the Lower Jordan River to raise awareness to the plight of a shared resource
This post was contributed by Jessica Marx, intern at FoEME’s Tel Aviv office On Sunday, August 15, 2010, Friends of the Earth Middle East hosted a “Big Jump” into the Lower Jordan River to bring awareness to the plight of this shared resource in the Middle East. The three co-directors and staff from FoEME, mayors […]
FoEME’s Response to Statement of Israeli Civil Administration as Regards Baptism at the Qasr el Yehud Site on the Lower Jordan River
MEDIA RELEASE Tel Aviv / July 27, 2010 Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) is saddened to maintain its call that baptism be banned from taking place on both sides of the Jordan River at the Qasr el Yehud / Bethany Beyond the Jordan site. Baptism should take place in clean healthy water which […]
Members EU Parliament advance support for Jordan River rehabilitation
Brussels, Contributed by Hussam Hussein, former FoEME intern at the Amman office, and Elizabeth Ya’ari, Jordan River Rehabilitation Project Coordinator at FoEME On June 29th at the invitation of the Alliance of the Socialists and Democrats Group, a Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) delegation presented the Jordan River Rehabilitation Project to a full […]
Dutch society warms up to FoEME’s environmental peacemaking activities
In the heart of Amsterdam, surrounded by canals and lush green gardens, a very different picture was painted of what is happening in the Jordan River Valley, a transboundary region in the Middle East. The Jordan River Valley includes land shared by Jordanians, Palestinians and Israelis—all dependent on the same water supply and all living […]
Jordan Valley Youth Leaderships Learn about Jordan River Woes
Students from Israel, Jordan, and Palestine tour the Jordan Valley, exploring the site where the Jordan River meets the Sea of Galilee On February 25-27, FoEME gathered 30 young leaders from three schools in the Jordan Valley region (Kings Academy, Madaba Jordan; Terra Sancta, Jericho Palestine; Geon Hayarden, Beit Shean Israel), to learn about the […]