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Valley of Peace initiative
The Valley of Peace initiative was an effort to promote economic cooperation between Israel, Jordan, and Palestine that saw slow progress and had a few successes the 2000s and 2010s. It was based around efforts and joint projects in the Arava/Arabah Valley, along which runs the southern portion of the Israel - Jordan border. It received the personal attention and support of Shimon Peres, President of Israel. The initiative involved ongoing joint efforts by regional leaders to launch joint new industrial and economic projects, which will create new local businesses and job growth, and promote ongoing cooperation.
One major component of this plan is the construction and operation of Qualifying Industrial Zones. These are industrial facilities within Jordan and Egypt which can serve as centers of collaborative effort.
Since the beginning of the Gaza war in October 2023, any such projects promoting cultural ties and fostering interdependence between Israel & Palestine have been put on hold indefinitely or rolled back.
The idea for this project began in 2005, when Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority asked the World Bank to analyze the feasibility of this idea. Work on this project was stopped in 2021.
The formal proposal for the Valley of Peace initiative began with a joint proposal in 2008 to build a canal between the Red and Dead Seas, desalinating the water, producing hydroelectric power and yielding profits, clean water, jobs and potentially unprecedented regional cooperation. The study concluded in 2013, and an agreement was signed in 2013 by Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority to move ahead with the plan.
In February 2015, Israel and Jordan signed an agreement to exchange water and jointly convey Red Sea brine to the shrinking Dead Sea. The agreement was reported to be worth about $800 million. It was the result of a memorandum of understanding signed among Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian officials on December 9, 2013, in Washington. Under this agreement, Jordan and Israel would have shared the potable water produced by a future desalination plant in Aqaba, while a pipeline would have supplied salt water to the Dead Sea.
In December 2015, Israel and Jordan formally released the technical plans to move ahead with this project.
A new desalination plant to be built near the Jordanian tourist resort of Aqaba would have converted salt water from the Red Sea into fresh water for use in southern Israel and southern Jordan; each region would get eight billion to 13 billion gallons a year. This process was projected to produce about as much brine as a waste product; the brine would be piped more than 100 miles to help replenish the Dead Sea, already known for its high salt content. The goal was reinforce the status of the Dead Sea as an important economic resource to both nations, in multiple areas including tourism, industry and business.
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Valley of Peace initiative
The Valley of Peace initiative was an effort to promote economic cooperation between Israel, Jordan, and Palestine that saw slow progress and had a few successes the 2000s and 2010s. It was based around efforts and joint projects in the Arava/Arabah Valley, along which runs the southern portion of the Israel - Jordan border. It received the personal attention and support of Shimon Peres, President of Israel. The initiative involved ongoing joint efforts by regional leaders to launch joint new industrial and economic projects, which will create new local businesses and job growth, and promote ongoing cooperation.
One major component of this plan is the construction and operation of Qualifying Industrial Zones. These are industrial facilities within Jordan and Egypt which can serve as centers of collaborative effort.
Since the beginning of the Gaza war in October 2023, any such projects promoting cultural ties and fostering interdependence between Israel & Palestine have been put on hold indefinitely or rolled back.
The idea for this project began in 2005, when Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority asked the World Bank to analyze the feasibility of this idea. Work on this project was stopped in 2021.
The formal proposal for the Valley of Peace initiative began with a joint proposal in 2008 to build a canal between the Red and Dead Seas, desalinating the water, producing hydroelectric power and yielding profits, clean water, jobs and potentially unprecedented regional cooperation. The study concluded in 2013, and an agreement was signed in 2013 by Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority to move ahead with the plan.
In February 2015, Israel and Jordan signed an agreement to exchange water and jointly convey Red Sea brine to the shrinking Dead Sea. The agreement was reported to be worth about $800 million. It was the result of a memorandum of understanding signed among Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian officials on December 9, 2013, in Washington. Under this agreement, Jordan and Israel would have shared the potable water produced by a future desalination plant in Aqaba, while a pipeline would have supplied salt water to the Dead Sea.
In December 2015, Israel and Jordan formally released the technical plans to move ahead with this project.
A new desalination plant to be built near the Jordanian tourist resort of Aqaba would have converted salt water from the Red Sea into fresh water for use in southern Israel and southern Jordan; each region would get eight billion to 13 billion gallons a year. This process was projected to produce about as much brine as a waste product; the brine would be piped more than 100 miles to help replenish the Dead Sea, already known for its high salt content. The goal was reinforce the status of the Dead Sea as an important economic resource to both nations, in multiple areas including tourism, industry and business.