Tom Potter wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea
"In recent decades, the Dead Sea has been rapidly shrinking because of diversion of incoming water.
From an elevation of 395 m (1,296 ft) below sea level in 1970 [13]
it fell 22 m (72 ft) to 418 m (1,371 ft) below sea level in 2006, r
eaching a drop rate of 1 m (3 ft) per year. "


Which would make sense if not for the reason that it's called "The Dead
Sea" as it's 8.6 times more saline than the Mediterranean Sea, fish and
plants can't live in it, and therefore far more difficult to make
drinkable than water from either the River Jordon on Israel's east, or
the Mediterranean Sea on Israel's west.
If the Palestinians really desire to drink the water from the Dead Sea,
I'm sure that Bibi Netanyahu would have no problem with that
whatsoever...they'd all be dead inside of a couple of days from
dehydration due to excessive salt intake.
In fact, with salt making up 31.5% of the water in the Dead Sea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea they might end up looking like
salted fish mummies of some sort, putting Lot's wife to the test for
overall saline content per pound weight :-D


Pat