Israel, Jordan advance $800m. Red-Dead canal, water swapping project
Environmentalist argues that conveying brine to the Dead Sea could cause irreparable damage to the basin.
Interior Minister Silvan Shalom and Jordanian Water and Irrigation Minister Hazim El-Naser on Monday, on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea near the Crowne Plaza Hotel.(photo credit: HAIM ZACH/GPO)BySHARON UDASINUpdated: