Emek ha-Jarden

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Emek ha-Jarden (מועצה אזורית עמק הירדן; Mo'aza Asorit Emek Jarden) is a regional association in Israel, which is located in the valley of the same name in the northern district of Israel . It borders the Sea of ​​Galilee and Bet She'an . It was the first regional association in Israel, founded in 1949. Most of the settlements are on Highway 90 , which runs parallel to the Jordan on the west bank of the Sea of ​​Galilee. 12,400 people live in the 71 km² administrative area (as of 2014).

In March 1997, a Jordanian border guard opened fire on an Israeli school class from Beit Shemesh in Naharayim and killed seven girls. The class visited a hydroelectric power plant built by Pinchas Ruthenberg . This was inaugurated in 1932 and supplied the north of the mandate area and the palace of the Jordanian emir Abdallah ibn Husain I with electricity until 1947 .

Web links

Commons : Emek ha-Jarden regional administration  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://jv.org.il/
  2. ↑ Peace Island in Danger. In: Israelnetz .de. October 21, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 .