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It's all here,

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everything you can imagine.

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The vacation of a lifetime

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at the lowest spot
on the face of the earth.

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Come alive at the Dead Sea.

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What a place, huh?

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Devastation personified.

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Look, those are the remains of paths
that used to reach the sea

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but they keep becoming irrelevant.

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They should put up signs
every few meters:

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"The sea used to come up to here"

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Generally speaking,
we want to cross the sea.

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There's an imaginary line
we consider the border.

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There's Israel and Jordan...

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The purple line.

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Our ambition is to get to Jordan
and of course to swim all the way back.

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What if it doesn't work out
the Jordanians?

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How do we know that someone will
be waiting for us on the other side?

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Okay, a still photo,

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everyone put your hands in the center.

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Save the Dead Sea.

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Save the Dead Sea!

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The Dead Sea comes alive!

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Swimming in the Dead Sea

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with a mask on our face

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because the water here is very salty.
36% salinity.

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That's why the water mustn't touch
our mouth or mucous membranes.

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Any drop of water that goes in
could make us suffocate.

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You need to train for it.

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That's it.
Good luck to us all.

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At age 35, I discovered the water

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and distance swimming

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In the water, day to day stress feels different

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the water that surrounds you
seems to organize your thoughts and there's silence

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But this silence is confusing

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Because our world is falling apart,

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and everything can turn over in an instant

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For me, swimming is a way to affect change

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To try and move things

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I swam from Cyprus to Israel
as a call to clean up the plastic in the sea

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In South Africa, to defend sharks

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In Mexico, for refugees, Immigrants

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But precisely here

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an one hour drive from my house

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the Sea I so love

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is dying

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Hello. How are you?

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Hello.
-Hello. How's it going?

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The idea is to swim in the Dead Sea,

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to head out on boats to Jordan

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in first light
and then swim back.

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16 kilometers,
it takes 6-7 hours.

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We hope this will initiate a process

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were people can start to act

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in order to save this place.

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We should start working in groups,
setting goals and objectives,

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with time schedules.

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In the end of the day we want to swim with
Palestinians, Jordanians

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no border crossings.
-That’s the whole idea

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Work in the context of the Middle East
is always nerve-racking

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and it'll be like that
up to the last moment.

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We need to know that

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we'll most likely be getting the permits.

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We need to be very sensitive,

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because any early exposure in the
international media as well as Israeli media

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we need to be cautious about it.

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See that peninsula?
-Sure, that's Jordan.

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The other side, it's 350-450 meters.

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How can I lie down on this thing?

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Left leg... M3.

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Swimming in the Dead Sea
has been stressing us out,

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so we decided to run some tests
before swimming and after swimming,

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to see if there are any differences.

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We did some blood tests
and kidney function tests,

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since that's the organ that's supposed
to keep the body's minerals in balance.

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Sodium, potassium,
magnesium, phosphorus, calcium.

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We're also going to do an EKG

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because even minor changes in minerals
can cause a change in the EKG,

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so we'll check it later on.

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Oded, you can go.

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I'll call other people
and tell them about the experience.

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You think it's just a bit of sweat,

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but then it starts burning.

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I'm a native of this region.

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If you swim in this water
and it's a little cool,

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24 degrees,
when you swim that far

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you'll get cuts in your skin.

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From what?
-From the cold and the salt.

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I'm in good shape.
I swam the Sea of Galilee,

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every day I swim from here
to that lookout point. -Wow.

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What do you wear on your face?
-Just a mask?

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No, nothing.

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What?

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Guys, today's training is cancelled.

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Breathe normally.
How does it feel?

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Breathe normally.

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Where are you from, Yusuf?

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From a village called Beit Anan.

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Palestinian?

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My dream,
by swimming the Dead Sea...

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aside from wanting to
swim the Dead Sea,

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I also want there to be

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Palestinian swimmers,
Jordanian swimmers,

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and then every other place possible.

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England, America and so on.

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My question is,

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would you be willing
to swim as a Palestinian?

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Gladly.

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You wouldn't mind

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training together, spending time together
-Why not?

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And eventually swimming together?

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Why not?

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You think you can recruit
more swimmers?

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I'll try to find people
in good shape

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who can handle this sea,
the salt and so on.

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We'll get it together gradually.
-Right.

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Yalla, you're great!

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My name is Yusuf Muhammad Matari from the
village Beit Anan, northwest of Jerusalem, Palestine.

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I worked as a lifeguard at the Dead Sea
for about 30 years.

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For this job,

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I have to cross the checkpoint every day.

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I wait in a convoy of cars

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no less than 150 meters long,
in order to cross to the Israeli side.

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I'm no politician
and I know nothing about politics.

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If you gave me a gun
I wouldn't know how to use it

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and I've never even thought of
holding one, what for? I'm a water person,

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not a fire person.

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Since 1948, the river valley,
is a military border zone

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and the river
is facing fatal challenges.

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Of the 1.3 billion cubic meters of water

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that historically
would annually flow down the river

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to replenish the Dead Sea,

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as little as 100 million cubic meters

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is all that is left today.

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"Dear Munqeth,
my name is Oded Rahav and I'm from Israel.

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"During the last few years I'm involved
in environmental and ecological initiatives.

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"Currently, I'm in search
for Jordanian partners

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"to jointly act for the sake
of saving our mutual sea,

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"the Dead Sea.

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"I believe we have much
to talk about."

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One slice of bread and an omelet for now.

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Jukul, want a banana?
-Yes.

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Mission accomplished.

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Bye bye!

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Bye, Pachanga!

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Munqeth, good morning.

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So in a few words I'll just say that

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we would like together to cross
this Dead Sea for the first time ever

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in the history of mankind

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and we do so
in order to save it.

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Well, it's not the best
swimming in the world.

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The best water to swim in.
-Exactly.

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Will you swim?
-Of course, of course, I mean...

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I'm a fish in the Dead Sea.

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Salty fish, fantastic.
-That is a great idea. Really.

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This is great,
but you know what?

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We owe it to the whole world.

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It's world heritage.

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Exactly.

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Palestinians, Jordanians and Israelis

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and obviously to bring swimmers
from all over the world.

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Tell me one more thing, do you think
you can arrange more swimmers from Jordan?

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Well, with all this politics,
we will face a bit of challenges,

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but I think we will have people, yes.

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Fantastic.

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After June the 5th, 1967

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the River Jordan was
a symbol of the unity

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of the eastern and western regions
of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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Today, it has become a dividing line.

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Look at this.

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By the end of June,
200,000 refugees crossed

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through the hills to safety
across the Jordan Valley.

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Away from Jerusalem,
Bethlehem and Hebron.

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From the river they moved further eastward,
up the road to Amman,

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seeking shelter for the night
with relatives or family.

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I was born in 1957

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right after Israel, France,
and England attacked the Egyptians.

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I was called Munqeth,
the savior.

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They were hoping that
I'll be saving the Arabs.

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The Dead Sea was a destination
for us when we were young.

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I remember the water was right next
to the swimming pool in the Lido.

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I remember that very well.

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I was about 10 years old

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And it was about a year or two
before the '67 war.

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We drove to the Lido Hotel
at the north shore of the Dead Sea.

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People came from
all over the world to this sea.

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Both the rich and the poor
came to its shores.

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The thing that most grabbed my attention
was the number of cars.

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Cars from Syria, from Lebanon,

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from Qatar,
from Saudi Arabia, from Dubai.

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The second thing

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was the turquoise color of the water,

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water that reached the hotel.

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That was a sight that opened the heart.

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Then, the 1967 (war) came,
that was...Pshhh...

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Short after we started to see
flocks of refugees coming over.

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Even in my neighborhood, they started
to put white tents for the refugees.

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50% of the population comes from Palestine.

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Almost all Jordanians have marriage
relations with Palestinians.

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Families have the same roots.

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My family has roots in Nablus.

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We grew up through the '70s and the '80s
believing that Israel should disappear,

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because there's absolutely no rights
for all those people who came

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from all over the world.

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They left their homes and came to Palestine
believing it's the Promised Land.

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Is it the Promised Land?

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I realized
that war will not take you anywhere.

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So I started to believe that we
should negotiate, we should talk.

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I've never been to Jordan.

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This is not acceptable.
-Not acceptable at all.

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I grew up with a father who
served the country in the Mossad

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and a mother
who is a Holocaust survivor.

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A Zionist home for sure.

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It was obvious
I'd grow up and serve in combat,

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perhaps even die for the country.

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On the other hand, having seen the world,
thanks to my father's job,

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I played with Ethiopian children,

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I chased after chickens with Indonesian children,
Norwegian, Chinese kids, you name it.

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I became a man of the world,

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I realized we're all equal

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and that's what made me
who I am today.

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Hello, hello, hello.
Oh my god.

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We have a lot to talk about.

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I'll be here.
-Thank you very much

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Hello, how are you, my friend?
How's it going?

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The guy who drove me here
drove 140 km/h

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and I was embarrassed
to ask him to slow down.

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So I could see the view. Oh boy...

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Wow...

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What do you say?
-It's so beautiful.

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You know,
there were rumors in the village

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that I'm going to swim the Dead Sea.

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All the Palestinian journalists
wanted to come with me.

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Wow. And?

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Wait.

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Now when they understood...

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there are Israelis...

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No one wanted to come with you.

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Tell me why.

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Every time we want to collaborate

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we go backwards 100 years,

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we go back to the Nakba.

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Enough, it's been four generations.

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Four generations!

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Let's do something,

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soon there won't be a sea

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and no patience and no people.

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I'm with you to the end, habibi.

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Life or death.

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Enough, exactly.

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Ladies and gentlemen,

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our distinguished guests from Israel,
Palestine, Jordan and from the world.

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I have come here to tell this great audience
that the people of the Jordan Basin

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desperately desire the peace
of the brave.

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We are an organization of change,

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a change towards the future.

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As part of EcoPeace Middle East's efforts

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we proposed a master plan

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through the regional master plan

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the Jordan River Valley can
be a place of peace.

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25 years ago
we founded EcoPeace Middle East

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with environmentalists from Palestine

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and Israel.

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I am the President of the organization
and the Jordanian director.

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Directing the organization in Israel
is Gidon Bromberg

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And directing the Palestinian office,
Nada Majdalani from Palestine

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So basically we came the whole way
to see how we can start a swim.

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Since we actually
haven't achieved anything yet.

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Yeah. -Once we will go for the swim,
should we tackle a specific problem?

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not going to a broaden problem

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The problem is our responsibility
and so is the solution.

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The solution must come from

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Israel, Palestine and Jordan.

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And we think

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that those three countries

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can do wonders
to the Jordan River,

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which eventually,
will help the Dead Sea.

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So let's work on it.

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I'm going to start...
-The thing is...

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To create this...
-With my staff.

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:09.120
Perfect.
-Okay? With EcoPeace.

00:22:15.760 --> 00:22:17.000
Nice to meet you...
-You're very busy...

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:19.560
Welcome, how are you?

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:23.000
We want people to swim.

00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:25.360
The situation is a bit difficult to get...

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.840
It was always difficult

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:29.240
Now it's more difficult.

00:22:29.320 --> 00:22:31.720
No, but we have no option.

00:22:31.800 --> 00:22:33.720
We have no option,
we're trying our best.

00:22:33.800 --> 00:22:37.480
We'll have to speak
to some high level people

00:22:37.560 --> 00:22:40.000
to get some more swimmers.

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:47.720
Through the political part of your
presence as a Palestinian in the Dead Sea,

00:22:47.800 --> 00:22:50.320
the most important thing...
-In there?

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:54.800
is that you raise the Palestinian flag
-in the Dead Sea.

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:57.720
and say this is ours,
and we claim our right to it.

00:22:57.800 --> 00:23:00.040
And we have rights
to the Jordan River as well.

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:18.440
There's a saying that goes: if you want to
reach your destination fast, go alone.

00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:21.720
If you want to reach far, go with friends.

00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:26.760
We could have swam this swim by
ourselves alone, the Israeli group.

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:28.720
Why, is this sea yours only?

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:31.520
Excuse me?!

00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:35.800
Where are we? Where are the Jordanians?
-That's why we're here.

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:37.440
That's why we're here.

00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:40.200
This swim should be done together.
-Exactly.

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:42.280
The responsibility is both yours and mine.

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.920
There's no one else.
-That's true.

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.520
No one!

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:04.080
Wow, that's amazing.

00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:08.320
What a pro.

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.200
Balance.

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.800
Now, one.

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:26.200
Balance. One.
Bring your knee to your chest.

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:30.000
And one.
-No way.

00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:32.720
Two.
-Only if I hold on to you.

00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:35.440
Hold on, no problem. Two.

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:37.760
Three.

00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:51.200
Tell me, you working with Israelis,

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.560
is it a problem for you?
Is it okay?

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:56.920
One evening I was coming out
of my office...

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:59.040
Here in Amman.
-In Amman.

00:24:59.360 --> 00:25:02.960
I jumped in my car,

00:25:03.080 --> 00:25:07.000
I had a driver then,
and the office boy was in the backseat,

00:25:07.120 --> 00:25:11.480
so he was talking to me
and I'm saying, what are you saying?

00:25:11.560 --> 00:25:14.360
And I was looking at the car next to me,

00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:17.240
and I saw the barrel...

00:25:17.760 --> 00:25:21.640
Wow!
-Yeah, yeah. On the window.

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:24.880
And you know, like,
the bullet came from here, you know?

00:25:25.040 --> 00:25:27.920
They got him.
They got them, in fact.

00:25:28.280 --> 00:25:30.720
And we found out
that it's a local group

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:34.960
who decided to revenge to everything
what's happening over there.

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:39.200
Why sacrifice yourself,
your family, your future?

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:41.000
Well, not the family.

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:44.160
If the family came into the picture
maybe it would be a different story,

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:48.480
but in my views
and in my values,

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:53.600
I find it a duty of us
to keep going in the right direction.

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:08.640
Yes, we just heard

00:26:08.760 --> 00:26:11.960
from our military correspondent
a quote from an IAF senior officer

00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:14.800
that Hamas will be sorry
if they expand the range of fire.

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:16.920
A few minutes later,
they did just that.

00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:21.520
Is Hamas already sorry
or will they be very sorry down the line?

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:24.720
Hamas fired over 100 rockets
into Israeli territory,

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:26.480
but luckily no one was hurt.

00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:31.280
The IDF's defense capacity
and the civil fortitude...

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:36.400
The Israeli occupation is responsible
for this escalation,

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:38.520
the occupier continued the
escalation and killing

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:43.400
and killed 6 fighters from Hamas
and Islamic Jihad

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:45.280
And with international conspiracy,
it's only natural that the rate

00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:46.440
of counter-reaction will increase.

00:26:46.520 --> 00:26:49.800
If the occupier continues to escalate,
The rate of resistance of our forces will increase

00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:51.960
in order to ensure the security and peace

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:53.640
of our people in Palestine.

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:58.160
The Israeli occupation bears responsibility

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.840
To the crime of war

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:03.120
And the responsibility for all the
consequences of this crime.

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:13.200
Hello, is Gidon here?

00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:15.600
Maestro, what's new?

00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:23.720
How can we do it
the best possible way?

00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:25.760
The most meaningful way possible?

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:28.040
I have a dream that one day

00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:31.560
2030, 2040, 2050, that's it,

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:34.120
from that date
the Dead Sea will no longer be dying.

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:37.200
It must be a regional solution.

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:39.240
What is the solution for the Dead Sea?
-More water.

00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:43.520
We need 800 million cubic meter per year.

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:47.080
Work toward doing the swim
as soon as possible.

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:49.080
You must understand,
we have no time to waste.

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:51.000
The end of January would be ideal.

00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:52.080
It's not realistic before then.

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:54.000
All we need is two months.

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:56.320
We can't keep going back and forth

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.520
and back and forth

00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:59.720
there has to be continuity.

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:06.840
As far as I'm concerned,
Munqeth, Yusuf and I are getting on a boat

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.320
and that's it.

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:22.080
Every Monday

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:25.840
our family
meets at the council.

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:30.760
Even there I feel like
some of our cousins

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:34.040
are angry about my ties
with the Israelis

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.960
and see it as treason.

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:45.240
Look, our job isn't easy.

00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:49.960
It contradicts the activities of politicians.

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:59.320
We want to develop
the whole Jordan Valley.

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:01.120
We want to develop
the whole Jordan Valley.

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:04.200
We'll rehabilitate it, work things out
with the countries that took its water,

00:29:04.280 --> 00:29:06.200
Israel and Syria,

00:29:06.280 --> 00:29:07.840
But we've found that

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:09.160
the current political situation

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.600
with Israel in the middle

00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:11.960
makes it difficult to implement.

00:29:12.040 --> 00:29:17.520
Israel and Syria have
vast sources of water.

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:20.600
They found no other river to dry out?

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:23.400
This river has a history.
-That's an excellent point.

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.040
They don't need...

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:31.240
Doctor, Israel was totally reliant
on the water of the Sea of Galilee.

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:35.960
But Israel has changed
since we negotiated with it.

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:38.720
They set up desalination facilities

00:29:38.800 --> 00:29:40.840
along the Mediterranean coast

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:45.920
and they produce
600 million cubic meters today.

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.440
Desalination.
-Yes.

00:29:47.520 --> 00:29:49.720
They have 400 million cubic meters

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:51.360
They have 400 million cubic meters

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:54.280
that exceeds their needs. Currently.

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:59.520
I'm not talking about Israel
because I'm promoting it, that's the truth.

00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:01.120
That's what's happening.

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:03.200
Most of the council's plans

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:08.800
require the countries' cooperation.

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:10.360
May God help.

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:12.120
Let the politicians work,

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.200
what we care about

00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:15.080
is the interest of the citizens,
the farmers.

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:16.280
At the end of the day

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:18.200
the citizens need to drink water.

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.480
let's breath some air

00:31:06.080 --> 00:31:10.600
All three of us together
are going to breath some air...

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:29.000
I'm going for a spot in the shade,

00:31:55.880 --> 00:32:01.800
The same bag.
-The same bag. Oh boy.

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:03.360
Good to see you,
how are you doing?

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:06.480
I'm really sorry.
-No, come on. I mean...

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:08.000
God bless you.
- After all, it's a border.

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:12.160
Yeah, it is, but it looks
like they did some work

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:17.280
and they decided to close it
from 8 o'clock to 11 o'clock.

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:19.200
Sometimes luck is all you need.

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:35.720
What's with the coffee?
-Just a moment. Dakika (minute).

00:32:38.320 --> 00:32:42.960
Cheers.
-Cheers, to life.

00:32:43.040 --> 00:32:44.800
For the sake of good life.
-For the sake of peace.

00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:48.200
At the peace summit between
Sadat and Golda Meir in Jerusalem,

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:51.640
Golda Meir mixed the sugar this way.
-Yes.

00:32:51.760 --> 00:32:55.400
Moshe Dayan mixed it that way.
Sadat mixed it this way.

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.760
Does anyone know why?

00:32:56.840 --> 00:33:00.280
Why?
-To melt the sugar.

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:07.640
Habibi.. I actually think that the chair
over there symbolizes the situation.

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:58.800
Now, silence. Tranquility.

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:09.200
Don't worry, take it.
-Whose head I've hurt?

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:15.080
My head bump into yours, buddy,
two heads are better than one.

00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:01.840
We're actually in an old hotel.

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:05.920
Until late '70s and early '80s

00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:07.240
the Dead Sea came to here.

00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:13.720
Israeli government, Jordanian government
have built mineral extraction

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:18.000
and this causes some 40% of the loss.

00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:21.520
They sell those
minerals all over the world.

00:35:23.040 --> 00:35:25.080
Here, in the Sea of Galilee

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:30.280
no water leaves from the Sea of Galilee.

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:34.800
Syria and Jordan control the Yarmouk (river)

00:35:35.080 --> 00:35:38.360
Israel controls the Sea of Galilee.
No water leaves, why?

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:40.960
Because in the mindset of conflict

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:43.000
water is power.

00:35:43.080 --> 00:35:45.080
You don't want to give power to your enemy

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:46.200
so you take it all.

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:49.240
We've turned this into a little more
than a sewage canal

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:56.880
and we've turned the Dead Sea
into a shrinking, dying lake.

00:35:57.960 --> 00:36:01.400
There's no public beach
any more to the Dead Sea

00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:03.400
because of the sinkholes.

00:36:03.520 --> 00:36:05.080
It's a tragedy.

00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:10.400
So swimming across the sea means
swimming across the international border.

00:36:10.520 --> 00:36:12.240
So shall we do it today?

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.400
Me? Wow!
A pleasure.

00:36:15.520 --> 00:36:18.440
From the highest mountain
to the lowest place.

00:36:18.560 --> 00:36:19.840
Yes, no?

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:22.160
Yes, let's do it. I'm all ready.

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:23.320
I'm all ready.

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:57.520
This process isn't simple,

00:36:57.600 --> 00:36:59.720
because recruiting people,

00:36:59.800 --> 00:37:02.280
nations and money

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:07.600
and creating the understanding that it's
possible to do something, it takes time.

00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:11.120
On one hand, we don't have time
because the sea is drying up,

00:37:11.520 --> 00:37:16.600
and I guess the Dead Sea
simply isn't a top priority.

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:22.600
So now that the roads are disconnected
and there are more sinkholes,

00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:27.160
it's a kind of catastrophe,

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:30.040
but we're kind of fixing
this small catastrophe,

00:37:30.120 --> 00:37:33.960
patching it up, putting something
on the road, and now we have a road.

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:35.880
So what seems to be the outcome?

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:38.560
Were you left alone in the battle?

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:42.320
I'm pretty much on my own,
they pretty much dismissed me,

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:47.160
or rather, they were ...

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:50.200
They said, okay, you'll swim.
And then what?

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:54.200
The Dead Sea Works
will keep operating,

00:37:55.120 --> 00:37:57.200
there's lots of politics involved,

00:37:57.280 --> 00:38:01.120
apparently money goes from the
Dead Sea Works to the Council.

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:02.800
Why invest in it?

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:04.440
Good questions.

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:06.920
Everyone is focusing on their home,

00:38:07.040 --> 00:38:08.520
on their city,

00:38:08.640 --> 00:38:11.720
and that's it, more or less,
maybe a bit on their country.

00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:15.680
Here, if we create a situation
where people see

00:38:15.680 --> 00:38:18.280
there's distress
an hour south of here, in Gaza,

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:23.200
and an hour east of here, in Jordan,
and it's all water-related,

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:28.760
I don't think stating
"there's no solution" is a solution.

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:58.040
Regarding the land,

00:38:58.120 --> 00:38:59.880
we love the land and
we worship it.

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:02.520
It's in our blood.

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.600
My father, may he rest in peace,

00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:11.600
when he walked through the fields
we'd say, "Take a rest."

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:15.920
He'd say, "No, buddy,
my feet fertilize the soil,

00:39:16.240 --> 00:39:17.880
"they bring it to life."

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:22.120
Bless his soul,
he lived for almost 94 years.

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:25.160
He was picking olives with us

00:39:25.280 --> 00:39:26.760
two months before he died.

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:33.040
He felt it would be his last year.

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:44.040
Every time we finished picking a tree
he sat beneath it and wept.

00:39:44.720 --> 00:39:48.040
He said, "Farewell
this is the last time I'll see you."

00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:49.680
He used to speak to the trees.

00:39:51.560 --> 00:39:54.040
That's why I want to take time
to work with the trees.

00:39:54.120 --> 00:39:57.600
And thank God,
our trees are still alive.

00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:03.880
May God grant us health and serenity
and may the whole world live in peace

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:07.320
and may peace reign

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:10.880
over this good, fertile soil.

00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:36.800
We're in the middle of the Dead Sea

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:40.120
and we're going to bring Abu Dirar (Yusuf).

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:16.080
I'm Dirar, his eldest son.
-I'm Shira.

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:18.400
Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.800
Hi, nice to meet you.

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:22.600
What a beautiful place.

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:25.720
Hello. How old are you?

00:41:26.520 --> 00:41:29.920
This is the eldest.
-This is Yusuf's son.

00:41:30.160 --> 00:41:31.880
Yusuf's son.
-Yes.

00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:35.400
We're four.
-Four brothers? -Yes.

00:41:35.520 --> 00:41:38.040
Dirar and Murad...

00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:29.960
Well done, well done.

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:31.600
Well done, well done.

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:33.920
Let's see if the Jordanians will wave.

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:36.160
Here, here,
he's waving, you see?

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:38.160
Good. Yeah.

00:42:38.240 --> 00:42:41.000
Can you see him? Maybe you can see him
with the camera.

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:44.640
They're waving?
-Yeah.

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:46.120
Do you know why we swam to here?

00:42:46.200 --> 00:42:54.920
Because this Jordan River is the only
umbilical cord of the Dead Sea,

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:57.520
without it, the Dead Sea will die.

00:42:57.640 --> 00:42:59.720
Can I cross the river?

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:03.000
Am I allowed?
-If you cross you'll be in Jordan.

00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:06.000
The water is the border.

00:43:06.040 --> 00:43:09.680
If the water is wide,
the border is wide,

00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:12.200
no water, no border.

00:43:12.280 --> 00:43:13.000
Really.

00:43:13.040 --> 00:43:15.040
If there was no water, would
we have peace with them?

00:43:17.040 --> 00:43:19.280
Or do we already have peace with them?

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:31.680
Actually, why didn't your family...
You know why your family didn't...?

00:43:31.760 --> 00:43:35.160
Well, it's the arrangements, really,

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:40.360
and furthermore,
my wife is a Palestinian.

00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:46.120
They have very, very strong feeling
towards the conflict and all that, so...

00:43:46.200 --> 00:43:52.040
it's really complicated to bring
the whole family across the river and so on.

00:43:52.120 --> 00:43:55.840
It's the Middle East,
everything is complicated, for God's sake.

00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:57.240
Yes.
-Every which way you look.

00:44:04.080 --> 00:44:09.880
My wife's family
got kicked out of the country of Israel.

00:44:10.680 --> 00:44:14.880
It's very, very hard to get her support

00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:18.640
knowing that I'm working closely
with the Israelis

00:44:19.080 --> 00:44:21.680
and I respect that.

00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:42.920
Now, the question is, in Jordan,
how many people do you think

00:44:43.120 --> 00:44:44.960
we can bring to the swim?

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:47.040
Let's do something on Facebook.

00:44:47.120 --> 00:44:51.120
On social media, Facebook, start a page.

00:44:51.200 --> 00:44:54.120
We've been in this business
for a long, long time, Hisham.

00:44:54.200 --> 00:44:57.840
And you'll see there will be resistance.
-Sure.

00:44:57.920 --> 00:45:01.160
Everyone will bring people to this page,
add, invite people.

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:07.680
You can do "Revive the Dead Sea"
or put a logo with the name of the page.

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:11.840
I don't see that the problem
is about this small part,

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:14.840
I mean, the idea of normalization
and anti-normalization with Israel

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:20.240
and tying it to nationalism
has been going on for ages. -Right.

00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:21.800
How to change people's opinions,
that's the problem.

00:45:21.880 --> 00:45:26.720
If you ask the Arab street, they
say, "Israel swallowed everything!"

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:28.560
And we know that, okay?

00:45:28.640 --> 00:45:32.280
We answered by saying,
we are a mountainous land with no sea!

00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:34.440
Not many people know how to swim.

00:45:34.560 --> 00:45:36.320
We're climbers, not swimmers.

00:45:37.560 --> 00:45:39.560
We had a meeting with EcoPeace.

00:45:39.640 --> 00:45:41.800
They would like to delay the swim

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:44.000
and move it to March.

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:48.760
Can you hear me, Munqeth?

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:54.360
We won't be able
to change the situation.

00:45:54.520 --> 00:45:56.000
It's government policy.

00:45:56.080 --> 00:45:59.560
I attended several parlament committees
and talked about the sinkholes,

00:45:59.640 --> 00:46:00.840
the sea.

00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:05.200
No one stands up and says:
This is what I want to do.

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:09.040
Nothing will change in the Dead Sea

00:46:09.120 --> 00:46:10.640
without involving the Dead Sea Works.

00:46:13.040 --> 00:46:15.560
It's going to be difficult
to get the authorization.

00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:19.880
Dealing with the Jordanians

00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:21.200
is going to be complicated.

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:25.000
The Jordanians,
our neighbors,

00:46:25.200 --> 00:46:27.080
don't care about agriculture or tourism.

00:46:27.160 --> 00:46:30.400
All they care about
are metal detectors at Al-Aqsa.

00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:36.000
We need crazy people.

00:46:36.040 --> 00:46:38.840
We need to do
something more dramatic.

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:39.960
We need to shock the world.

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:42.720
"Stones" take actions that move people.

00:46:42.800 --> 00:46:44.240
Yes.
-That's touching.

00:46:44.320 --> 00:46:49.160
We need to create an idea that will touch
every person in the world,

00:46:49.240 --> 00:46:54.200
to make them understand that the lowest
place on earth is here, and it's dying.

00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:55.520
Let's get water there.

00:46:55.600 --> 00:46:57.360
We should bring many
"Stones" from all over the world,

00:46:57.440 --> 00:47:01.200
like in The Sorcerer's Apprentice,
many people as black basalt rocks,

00:47:01.280 --> 00:47:04.280
along with water buckets or bottles...
-Wow.

00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:09.160
And then they start working,
giving back water to this wonderful place

00:47:09.400 --> 00:47:10.880
because it's important.
-I like that.

00:47:28.560 --> 00:47:29.320
Action.

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:35.000
We can save the Dead Sea
if we act together now.

00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:39.640
We can save the Dead Sea
if we act together now.

00:47:45.240 --> 00:47:51.160
We can save the Dead Sea
if we act together now.

00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:05.280
Is there any insurance for the swim?

00:48:05.360 --> 00:48:06.160
We're working on it.

00:48:08.040 --> 00:48:12.080
What's different from swimming
the Dead Sea to all other seas?

00:48:12.160 --> 00:48:17.800
The main difference is the fact that
we're floating, so we hardly use our legs.

00:48:19.640 --> 00:48:23.200
Samuel, I trust you practiced
with the mask.

00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:27.280
I was wondering if for next year
we can try without the mask.

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:29.120
Stay with the mask...

00:48:29.200 --> 00:48:33.640
How long did it take for your skin
to relax to the conditions?

00:48:33.720 --> 00:48:34.760
If you have bruises,

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:37.720
if you have some cuts,
then you feel it, you know, it sores.

00:48:39.160 --> 00:48:40.240
You're landing when?

00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:41.680
Five in the morning...

00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:43.560
In Israel.
-In Israel, Tel Aviv, yeah.

00:49:00.720 --> 00:49:03.600
And for that guy as well.

00:49:03.960 --> 00:49:09.040
Let's see if we have enough power
to go through the bureaucracy

00:49:09.120 --> 00:49:14.160
and to show that water brings peace.
We need to get impact.

00:49:14.240 --> 00:49:16.360
Otherwise there will be no impact.

00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:18.640
Bring Jordanians if they care about it.

00:49:18.720 --> 00:49:22.240
We will be able to bring 2,000 people
at our side?

00:49:22.320 --> 00:49:23.880
I believe so.

00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:26.600
2,000 - Jordan.
Let's bring them.

00:49:26.680 --> 00:49:31.000
I'll tell you what is an important factor
in Jordan also.

00:49:31.560 --> 00:49:34.640
The Palestinian participation.
-You're right.

00:49:35.120 --> 00:49:42.040
So if the Palestinians come forward
and we guarantee like 10 or 15 of them,

00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:45.280
I guarantee you
the Jordanians will be more than 15.

00:49:45.720 --> 00:49:47.880
Yusuf, it's your job.

00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:51.240
Yusuf, you'll have to
bring Palestinian swimmers.

00:49:51.840 --> 00:49:54.080
What do you think?
I'm looking for them...

00:49:54.160 --> 00:49:56.840
We must.
-I'm working on it.

00:49:56.920 --> 00:50:00.520
If we're really worried about the Dead Sea,
there's no time.

00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:03.000
Can you bring it?

00:50:39.200 --> 00:50:41.240
So I'll explain where
we're standing at this point.

00:50:41.320 --> 00:50:45.160
We need assistance.
To start organizing it is hectic. -It is.

00:50:45.240 --> 00:50:48.520
And to get all the permits
and people and swimmers.

00:50:48.600 --> 00:50:50.520
We're still looking for swimmers,
Palestinian swimmers.

00:50:50.880 --> 00:50:52.400
We've tried to help Yusuf,

00:50:52.520 --> 00:50:55.520
we've tried to help out
to find more swimmers and...

00:50:55.920 --> 00:51:02.880
eventually, we all have a duty
to do what is right for our environment,

00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:09.200
but also to do our duty,
we need to also have equal rights.

00:51:09.280 --> 00:51:11.800
Everyone is stubborn
and everyone has his own mindset

00:51:11.880 --> 00:51:14.560
and his own fears
and hatred and so on

00:51:14.640 --> 00:51:18.400
and I'm not in that business,
I'm in the business of creating future.

00:51:18.520 --> 00:51:20.000
Good for you.

00:51:21.200 --> 00:51:25.800
I don't know if it's good or bad,
that's the reality I chose for myself.

00:51:25.880 --> 00:51:28.160
It's a very tedious task.

00:51:28.240 --> 00:51:31.200
I always have this metaphor

00:51:31.760 --> 00:51:34.360
that we are all on the Titanic

00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:38.120
and the Titanic, you know,
we've all watched the fancy movie,

00:51:38.200 --> 00:51:42.840
some people are in the fancy restaurants
with the fancy dresses

00:51:42.920 --> 00:51:45.120
and the others are sleeping
with the sheep.

00:51:45.200 --> 00:51:49.720
But when the iceberg hits the ship,
everyone sinks.

00:51:49.800 --> 00:51:52.120
True. -Doesn't know...
-Doesn't differ between...

00:51:52.200 --> 00:51:55.560
Doesn't differentiate who's on the top
and who's on the bottom.

00:52:26.120 --> 00:52:27.200
Regarding the small boats,

00:52:27.600 --> 00:52:31.240
I want an extra person
in each boat

00:52:31.320 --> 00:52:33.960
who'll definitely stay in the boat.

00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:35.760
In the command boat.

00:52:35.840 --> 00:52:37.360
Only three people,

00:52:37.440 --> 00:52:40.160
Nimrod, Savi and the doctor.

00:52:40.240 --> 00:52:43.000
If there's an incident on the Jordanian side,
pull out.

00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:44.960
If someone doesn't want us there

00:52:45.280 --> 00:52:48.080
we need to minimize the risk
of someone getting hurt,

00:52:48.160 --> 00:52:49.040
just pull out.

00:52:49.120 --> 00:52:52.080
We still don't have an official confirmation
to enter Jordan,

00:52:52.160 --> 00:52:53.760
it's still all apparently.

00:53:00.920 --> 00:53:03.240
Yusuf, how are you, habibi?

00:53:03.600 --> 00:53:06.880
I wanted to organize swimmers,

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:08.360
but I can't.

00:53:08.440 --> 00:53:10.320
It's only you and me, my friend.

00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:11.640
I'm with you to the end

00:53:11.720 --> 00:53:13.200
Through life and death.

00:53:26.760 --> 00:53:30.120
The swimmers are here,
most of them are already in the hotel,

00:53:31.240 --> 00:53:34.800
a moment before the swim
we still haven't got confirmation.

00:53:34.880 --> 00:53:38.080
Yesterday somebody wrote something
in a newspaper

00:53:38.160 --> 00:53:39.880
and here we are,

00:53:39.960 --> 00:53:42.120
we were working really under the radar.

00:53:42.200 --> 00:53:46.360
Diplomatically I think
we are at the twilight zone still.

00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:47.920
Who's waiting for us
on the Jordanian side?

00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:52.800
We don't want to find ourselves in the desert
and have some soldier wake up

00:53:53.240 --> 00:53:56.000
to see an armada or flotilla
approaching.

00:53:56.040 --> 00:53:58.440
Tomorrow is the last day,
no matter how you slice it.

00:53:58.560 --> 00:54:00.400
We have to make sure
the swimmers are aware of that.

00:54:00.520 --> 00:54:03.320
The US ambassador is coming,
the Jordanian ambassador is coming.

00:54:03.600 --> 00:54:05.040
We don't have confirmation yet.

00:54:12.800 --> 00:54:14.680
Hello, Munqeth.

00:54:16.040 --> 00:54:17.400
How are you?

00:54:18.200 --> 00:54:21.720
I don't know how to break
this news to you, Oded,

00:54:21.800 --> 00:54:27.800
But I really cannot find any
Jordanian swimmers at this time.

00:54:27.880 --> 00:54:30.000
I'm really sorry.

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:37.520
The area is going through crazy times.
-Of course.

00:54:37.600 --> 00:54:40.240
Thank you, all the best. Bye bye.

00:54:45.600 --> 00:54:49.000
Are you Oded? -I'm Oded.
-I'm Nicolene

00:54:49.080 --> 00:54:50.760
And?
-Hilton.

00:54:50.840 --> 00:54:52.840
Very nice to meet you again.

00:54:52.920 --> 00:54:55.800
Finally. Good to meet you, man.

00:55:00.240 --> 00:55:01.720
This is really a dream come true.

00:55:01.800 --> 00:55:05.360
I mean, I didn't believe
that this day will actually... -Arrive.

00:55:05.680 --> 00:55:08.360
I mean, there's people I know here from Skype,
from emails,

00:55:08.440 --> 00:55:09.880
and I didn't know you were real.

00:55:10.280 --> 00:55:13.120
It's always nice
to be with your kind of people,

00:55:13.400 --> 00:55:14.920
with your tribe.

00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:21.400
To know that you're not alone in the
cuckoo's nest with this swimming thing.

00:55:22.160 --> 00:55:24.160
And I think the third reason I'm so happy

00:55:24.240 --> 00:55:27.080
is because I won't have
to text you anymore, Evan. No more.

00:55:27.160 --> 00:55:28.400
It's been like having a baby,

00:55:28.520 --> 00:55:30.160
it's been nine months in the making.

00:55:31.040 --> 00:55:32.400
Since we spoke. -Right.

00:55:32.520 --> 00:55:35.840
So thank you for having us,
and we're really privileged and proud

00:55:35.840 --> 00:55:37.800
to be doing this with you guys.
Thank you.

00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:43.440
We have the army's authorization.
-Yes?

00:55:43.880 --> 00:55:48.200
As far as the army's concerned
we're all set, we can cross,

00:55:48.280 --> 00:55:53.240
but there's someone
from the Foreign Ministry...

00:55:53.320 --> 00:55:54.840
Their Foreign Ministry?
-Yes,

00:55:54.920 --> 00:55:56.920
who hasn't yet authorized the swim.

00:55:57.560 --> 00:56:00.560
So we're still ״in the air״?
-Yes.

00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:04.280
I say, if our army says it's okay,
let's do it. -Let's do it.

00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:07.720
Worse comes to worst,
a kilometer from the Jordanian shore...

00:56:07.800 --> 00:56:10.680
We'll turn around.
-We'll start swimming.

00:56:44.680 --> 00:56:46.880
I'm heading out, bye.

00:56:47.000 --> 00:56:49.640
Bye.

00:57:08.240 --> 00:57:11.320
Hi habibi

00:57:11.400 --> 00:57:15.120
Good morning.
-How are you, Yusuf?

00:57:41.640 --> 00:57:46.320
What we have to do as a small council
is to bring awareness.

00:57:46.440 --> 00:57:49.000
If the Dead Sea dries up,

00:57:49.400 --> 00:57:50.720
the world will dry up.

00:57:52.160 --> 00:57:55.200
90 Road is the longest road in Israel.

00:57:56.360 --> 00:58:00.920
This was the main road,
we closed it in January 2015

00:58:01.520 --> 00:58:04.520
because we found by satellite

00:58:04.600 --> 00:58:07.200
an anomaly under the ground.

00:58:07.520 --> 00:58:10.360
It's the phenomenon that's called sinkholes.

00:58:11.000 --> 00:58:14.400
The sinkholes happened
because the Dead Sea is drying up.

00:58:14.400 --> 00:58:15.400
It's a side effect.

00:58:16.160 --> 00:58:18.880
We have to deal
with the main problem.

00:58:20.760 --> 00:58:23.320
This sinkhole is about 30 meters deep.

00:58:23.400 --> 00:58:26.320
It's a special one because
it preserved its structure...

00:58:26.400 --> 00:58:29.040
No...!
-Hey, Yusuf!

00:58:49.640 --> 00:58:50.600
Oded...

00:58:50.880 --> 00:58:52.600
Does this look okay?

00:58:52.680 --> 00:58:54.120
Yes.
-Cool.

00:59:14.400 --> 00:59:15.600
Hello.

00:59:15.680 --> 00:59:17.680
Hello, Oded.
-Munqeth.

00:59:17.760 --> 00:59:22.440
I do have some good news
and slightly bad news.

00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:27.400
The good news is that we do have
the permission to start the swim,

00:59:27.520 --> 00:59:32.720
so you can relax and you can tell people,
congratulations, we have it.

00:59:32.800 --> 00:59:37.680
Wow, wow. -Bad news,
I have a health situation

00:59:37.760 --> 00:59:42.200
that will prevent me
from participating in the swim.

00:59:42.280 --> 00:59:44.520
I'm really sorry about that.

00:59:44.600 --> 00:59:48.160
What a pity
after all this hard work

00:59:48.240 --> 00:59:52.320
stretched my health,
my back pain,

00:59:52.400 --> 00:59:54.680
the doctor could not understand

00:59:54.760 --> 00:59:59.400
how much I needed
to participate in this swim.

01:00:01.880 --> 01:00:04.400
I'm very sad to hear so, Munqeth.

01:00:04.520 --> 01:00:09.920
You're part of this team
and part of the swim and...

01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:12.640
I'm sad to hear so.

01:00:12.720 --> 01:00:18.160
But you know that I'll be with you
by heart and soul. -Yeah.

01:00:20.000 --> 01:00:21.920
So we have a green light.

01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:24.440
Absolutely, absolutely.

01:00:24.560 --> 01:00:29.040
And we'll be able to do
our first step in this big project.

01:00:29.120 --> 01:00:33.760
Somebody needs to take care
of this big body of water.

01:00:33.840 --> 01:00:38.440
Best of luck.
-Thank you very much, sir. Bye bye.

01:00:54.120 --> 01:00:58.800
About an hour ago we officially have received
a go-ahead from the Jordanians.

01:01:02.080 --> 01:01:05.840
So, we've waited for this confirmation

01:01:05.920 --> 01:01:13.560
18 months, 2 days, 6 hours,
2 minutes, 4 seconds. Sorry?

01:01:13.640 --> 01:01:16.160
You let us come all the way
from South Africa and you didn't know.

01:01:16.240 --> 01:01:18.200
With the belief!
And that's the magic!

01:01:18.400 --> 01:01:19.560
Good luck to us all.

01:01:19.840 --> 01:01:22.120
Okay. 4:45, we're on board.

01:01:22.280 --> 01:01:23.840
Here we go, here we go.

01:01:31.400 --> 01:01:32.840
Love you!

01:01:34.720 --> 01:01:36.960
Let's start heading out now.

01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:39.760
We'll head out when we're ready.
Don't push it.

01:01:39.840 --> 01:01:41.640
We'll be ready in two minutes,

01:01:41.720 --> 01:01:42.680
one little thing to get ready.

01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:45.080
We want to get there with the sunrise

01:01:45.160 --> 01:01:46.680
and start swimming
with the sun at our backs

01:01:46.680 --> 01:01:47.880
so we don't get fried.

01:01:48.120 --> 01:01:49.400
Two minutes to departure.

01:01:49.520 --> 01:01:50.240
Can you read me Nimrod?

01:01:50.320 --> 01:01:52.360
Itzik is in front of me
and Udi will be behind me.

01:01:52.520 --> 01:01:53.680
We're heading out.

01:02:07.160 --> 01:02:08.120
Good luck!

01:02:10.240 --> 01:02:12.320
200 meters to the border.

01:02:18.520 --> 01:02:22.000
We're now crossing the border,
we're exactly halfway.

01:02:22.080 --> 01:02:25.600
We can tell all the swimmers in the boat.
-Halfway, huh?

01:02:28.000 --> 01:02:29.960
I'm starting to get excited.

01:02:36.600 --> 01:02:38.640
Look at that cliff.

01:02:39.600 --> 01:02:41.120
Okay, guys.

01:02:41.400 --> 01:02:43.040
This is a big dream come true

01:02:43.160 --> 01:02:48.360
and if I would like to think of a nice
sentence here, it's "one small stroke for man,

01:02:48.600 --> 01:02:51.280
"one giant swim for mankind."

01:02:54.200 --> 01:02:55.320
Good luck.

01:02:59.120 --> 01:03:00.760
Two minutes to go.

01:03:38.160 --> 01:03:39.720
First half hour.

01:03:39.960 --> 01:03:41.320
Right. -We've just begun.

01:04:11.400 --> 01:04:12.840
I need a rest.

01:04:12.920 --> 01:04:14.640
Oh, okay. Go ahead.

01:04:15.120 --> 01:04:17.520
Just a sec.
-Take your time.

01:04:18.560 --> 01:04:19.680
I'll be fine.

01:04:21.560 --> 01:04:23.880
Good. There you go.

01:04:23.960 --> 01:04:24.800
Good.

01:04:32.920 --> 01:04:34.400
For some reason I'm out of breath.

01:04:38.120 --> 01:04:41.000
Breathe deep.
 

01:04:42.320 --> 01:04:43.680
Abu Yusuf.

01:04:44.000 --> 01:04:45.040
Yusuf!

01:04:45.760 --> 01:04:47.360
Get in.

01:04:48.000 --> 01:04:50.160
Am I last?
-Yes.

01:04:51.000 --> 01:04:52.800
Someone has to be last.

01:04:53.840 --> 01:04:55.960
We are one and a half hours.

01:04:56.000 --> 01:04:58.000
We're doing okay

01:04:58.800 --> 01:05:02.880
and we should have been about 700 meters...
-Further.

01:05:02.960 --> 01:05:04.680
Let's move it.

01:05:11.800 --> 01:05:13.880
Close the gaps.

01:05:15.280 --> 01:05:18.000
It's a strong wind.
Look at the flag.

01:05:18.800 --> 01:05:20.720
Oh my God.

01:05:21.160 --> 01:05:23.000
Oh my Lord.

01:05:23.440 --> 01:05:26.120
Where, oh where

01:05:26.200 --> 01:05:28.280
is the land of Israel?

01:05:29.320 --> 01:05:31.000
Where, oh where is Palestine?

01:05:32.240 --> 01:05:33.520
You're a hero.

01:05:33.600 --> 01:05:36.520
I'm a hero, I'm big and strong.

01:06:07.840 --> 01:06:09.160
What's the matter, Yusuf?

01:06:10.560 --> 01:06:13.600
I haven't eaten
and I don't feel like eating

01:06:13.680 --> 01:06:15.440
and I feel like I'm going to throw up.

01:06:16.120 --> 01:06:17.800
How long have you felt this way?

01:06:17.920 --> 01:06:18.680
For about an hour.

01:06:18.760 --> 01:06:21.280
Are you also
having trouble breathing?

01:06:21.360 --> 01:06:23.080
No, my breathing is fine.

01:06:25.840 --> 01:06:28.040
Should we take him to shore?

01:06:28.120 --> 01:06:31.440
Give him an IV and he'll be fine.
He's just a bit dehydrated.

01:06:35.680 --> 01:06:37.800
We've gone eight kilometers.

01:06:38.040 --> 01:06:39.320
Halfway.

01:06:40.120 --> 01:06:42.120
Are you okay?
If not, stay aboard.

01:06:43.560 --> 01:06:47.320
The boat is making me sick.
-For sure.

01:06:49.640 --> 01:06:50.520
Swim slowly.

01:06:56.640 --> 01:06:57.800
Slowly.

01:07:06.800 --> 01:07:08.920
Everything okay?

01:07:09.000 --> 01:07:11.200
Yusuf, a Palestinian!

01:07:17.600 --> 01:07:18.920
Two kilometers!

01:07:22.400 --> 01:07:25.600
We have 800 meters left.

01:08:12.960 --> 01:08:15.720
You're salty!

01:08:17.720 --> 01:08:19.440
How are you?

01:08:19.560 --> 01:08:20.840
Was it hard?

01:08:22.360 --> 01:08:24.000
How was it?
-Amazing.

01:08:25.000 --> 01:08:27.880
Well done,
I'll kiss you on each cheek.

01:08:27.960 --> 01:08:31.520
Take a photo of me with my flag,
please.

01:08:38.600 --> 01:08:40.640
All we need is some peace.

01:08:40.960 --> 01:08:42.600
We have everything else.

01:08:46.560 --> 01:08:48.320
but it was really crazy

01:08:48.400 --> 01:08:53.240
We refuse to see the demise
of this unique body of water.

01:08:53.320 --> 01:08:54.640
It was a very emotional event,

01:08:54.720 --> 01:08:56.560
coming to the shore
and seeing this crowd over here

01:08:56.640 --> 01:09:00.920
that had gathered to take part
in this event and to support this event

01:09:01.000 --> 01:09:04.600
and I didn't want to take my mask off
because I was crying my eyes out.

01:09:04.680 --> 01:09:08.040
If you're determined
and you want to do something,

01:09:08.120 --> 01:09:10.640
you gotta do it, that's what life's about.
Life's about living.

01:09:11.640 --> 01:09:12.840
Peace be upon you.
-Nice to meet you.

01:09:12.920 --> 01:09:14.760
Yusuf Al-Matari.
-Greetings.

01:09:14.840 --> 01:09:19.000
From Ramallah, Beit Anan Village.
-Greetings.

01:09:22.320 --> 01:09:24.360
How was the water? Did you enjoy it?

01:09:24.440 --> 01:09:26.200
The water is salty.

01:09:30.960 --> 01:09:36.760
Yusuf! Yusuf! Yusuf!

01:09:38.360 --> 01:09:42.200
I believe that most of us here
would be much happier and proud

01:09:42.280 --> 01:09:46.600
if one day people will recount a story
to their children, beginning with:

01:09:46.680 --> 01:09:48.120
"Once upon a time

01:09:48.800 --> 01:09:50.440
"in a faraway land

01:09:51.160 --> 01:09:52.720
"there were these people

01:09:53.560 --> 01:09:55.040
"who stood up for a sea,

01:09:56.040 --> 01:09:57.720
"swam across it,

01:09:58.200 --> 01:09:59.160
"and by doing so

01:09:59.920 --> 01:10:01.240
"they saved it."

01:10:03.160 --> 01:10:04.440
They saved it.

01:10:07.000 --> 01:10:09.440
Now isn't this something worth living for?

01:10:24.160 --> 01:10:28.280
The Holy City is still tense
after days of violent clashes

01:10:28.600 --> 01:10:30.080
At one of its holiest sites

01:10:30.320 --> 01:10:33.560
Escalation of violence
between Palestinian protesters

01:10:33.640 --> 01:10:35.040
And the Israeli security forces

01:10:35.120 --> 01:10:38.040
Five Palestinians harmed in this incident

01:10:38.040 --> 01:10:39.120
And we understand there has been an

01:10:39.120 --> 01:10:42.280
the situation in the West Bank
as the Nakba day protest heat up

01:10:42.280 --> 01:10:44.200
At least 41 people have been killed,

01:10:44.280 --> 01:10:45.960
over 2000 people have been injured

01:10:46.080 --> 01:10:47.360
and the.....

01:10:47.800 --> 01:10:49.560
This follows the violent night on the border,

01:10:49.720 --> 01:10:51.840
with no less than 150 rockets

01:10:51.920 --> 01:10:53.960
fired from the Strip towards
the Israeli territory.

01:10:54.520 --> 01:10:57.080
A massive protest in Jordan last Friday

01:10:57.160 --> 01:11:00.720
even demanded withdrawing
from the peace treaty entirely.

01:11:00.800 --> 01:11:03.280
After 25 years though,

01:11:03.400 --> 01:11:07.600
the terms of this peace treaty
are changing in a big way.

01:11:07.680 --> 01:11:08.840
It all has to do with land.

01:11:08.960 --> 01:11:11.040
The future for this region,

01:11:11.120 --> 01:11:14.920
from where we are standing now,
it's gloomy,

01:11:15.000 --> 01:11:17.000
it does not look good

01:11:17.080 --> 01:11:18.520
but we as people

01:11:18.600 --> 01:11:20.160
we understood each other,

01:11:20.240 --> 01:11:21.960
we knew each other very well,

01:11:22.000 --> 01:11:25.600
we started to trust each other.

01:11:25.680 --> 01:11:27.560
We want to save our region,

01:11:27.640 --> 01:11:28.680
our water,

01:11:28.760 --> 01:11:30.000
our treasures.

01:11:41.680 --> 01:11:43.440
Enough.

01:11:43.560 --> 01:11:45.400
Enough.

01:11:45.600 --> 01:11:47.760
Enough.

01:11:48.640 --> 01:11:50.200
We are fed up.

01:11:50.280 --> 01:11:53.440
For 30 years I was at the sea

01:11:53.560 --> 01:11:55.520
and you need to end with something good

01:11:55.600 --> 01:11:58.680
and also to convey a message
to the whole world

01:11:58.760 --> 01:12:01.680
that the Dead Sea will remain and will not die.

01:12:03.200 --> 01:12:05.600
In activism there is no "bang"
and it's over.

01:12:05.680 --> 01:12:08.160
This sea cannot be saved in a second.

01:12:08.240 --> 01:12:12.320
And I won't give up until it happens.

01:12:38.240 --> 01:12:40.200
Good luck, friends.
-Thanks.

01:12:48.720 --> 01:12:52.280
Munqeth!
-Hello, Hello, Hello!

01:12:52.840 --> 01:12:53.880
We meet halfway.

01:12:53.960 --> 01:12:58.080
So we meet in the middle, huh?
-Hello, Munqeth.

01:12:58.240 --> 01:13:01.760
Hi, Oded. Good to see you,
good to see you, man.

01:13:01.840 --> 01:13:03.880
Excellent.

01:13:04.080 --> 01:13:06.280
How are you doing?
-I'm good.

01:13:08.120 --> 01:13:11.520
We have a bridge...
-Look at that.

01:13:11.600 --> 01:13:13.240
We have a bridge.
-Yeah.

01:13:15.640 --> 01:13:19.840
"We the undersigned declare
our commitment to working together

01:13:19.920 --> 01:13:22.560
"to save the Dead Sea
from extinction."

01:13:22.800 --> 01:13:26.400
"We the undersigned declare
our commitment to working together

01:13:26.520 --> 01:13:28.920
"to save the Dead Sea
from extinction.

01:13:29.240 --> 01:13:33.360
"This natural wonder, unique in all the world,
has been vanishing before our eyes

01:13:33.720 --> 01:13:35.600
"over the past two decades.

01:13:35.840 --> 01:13:39.240
"We are determined to stop
the recession of the Dead Sea

01:13:39.720 --> 01:13:42.520
"by calling on all involved parties
to take immediate steps

01:13:42.680 --> 01:13:43.840
"before it's too late."

01:13:44.000 --> 01:13:48.960
"We, Munqeth Mehyar, Yusuf Matari
and Oded Rahav...

01:13:49.040 --> 01:13:50.560
"neighbors of this sea...

01:14:01.680 --> 01:14:03.560
"From Jordan..."

01:14:07.240 --> 01:14:08.720
What is it? -I'm a bit emotional.

01:14:08.800 --> 01:14:10.440
Yeah? Oh, okay.

01:14:14.960 --> 01:14:17.520
"Therefore we stand here today
on this ancient, symbolic bridge

01:14:17.600 --> 01:14:21.560
"over the turbulent waters
of the holy Jordan River

01:14:21.640 --> 01:14:25.000
"to sign this treaty which binds us
to this mission.

01:14:25.120 --> 01:14:28.800
"With all our might we promise
to fulfill the content of this document."