Dead Sea dehydrating
It seems that the Dead Sea Works company is not only considered one of the major causes for the drying out of the Dead Sea, but is also responsible for polluting it by emptying sewage and waste into the sea.
The Dead Sea
Yigal Tzur
Light green water dotted by blocs of ice-white salt, salt crystals forming on the oars. Yigal Tzur joined the “Rowing for a Clean Sea” project
For the past few weeks the commission has been considering whether to renew the permit given to the factory.
One of the commission's members, Tamar Keinan, said that "the Dead Sea is an important site on the national, regional and international level. That is why we must stop polluting it. We definitely must not grant new permits."