they've become the new home of the dead sea tourism industry, but many visitors don't realize they're not swimming in the natural sea. male: i think this place is amazing, so whether it's manmade or not, i think it's got a lot of history. i think it's just look at what the beauty is today and how do we preserve it. male: the water is great. you can float on water because it's the dead sea. it contains a lot of minerals and salts, and that makes you float, which makes everybody enjoy the water. female: and it's--make you very young. eric: nearby, factories in israel and jordan are extracting valuable minerals. making potash for fertilizer is big business here. more than half a billion cubic meters of water is sucked out from the dead sea every year. that's roughly equivalent to the volume of sydney harbor. the factories pump a lot back in, but the geological survey of israel says, overall, they're responsible for roughly a quarter of the water lost from the dead sea. eric: to understand the main cause of the dead sea's demise, we have to travel north to its source. for thousands of yea

the documents are known as the dead sea scrolls. the jews quickly find themselves at the place of discovery. and they collect and hide everything that is found from the scrolls . apparently, this land has many secrets has it. finding the scrolls on that date, i.e. in 1947, just one year before the establishment of israel , is more like a miracle. because some documents were completely healthy. safe and intact in fact, the scrolls are documents that could challenge many concepts, including the concept of israel. some time later, it is announced that the dead sea scrolls from 15 years before christ are the rest of the documents that are not published, but the few exposed cases are anecdotal. it tells a strange story of the history of the land of palestine. the writers of the scrolls lived among the caves. in secret away from the eyes of the rulers. why did people live in secret and underground? what were they running away from? the answer to this question was in parts of the scrolls that were never published and remained hidden foreve

we visited a dead sea resort where the is really survivors of the hamas massacre are trying to heal their trauma. -- the israelite survivors of the hamas massacre are trying to heal their trauma. to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world, it is great to have you with us. israeli prime minister says he will not agree to a cease-fire with hamas. speaking earlier he said that would represent a surrender to hamas. he called the conflict a battle between civilization and barbarism. he added that even the most just wars have unintended civilian casualties. he said he hoped civilized nations would act israel's fight. >> i want to make clear our position towards the cease-fire. just as the united states would not agree to a cease-fire after the bombing of pearl harbor, or after the terrorist attack of 9/11, israel or not agree to a succession of hostilities with hamas after the horrific attacks of october 7. calls for a cease-fire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas. to surrender to terrorism. surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. ladies and gentlemen, the bible says that the

what we are seeing at the moment— dead sea. what we are seeing at the moment in— dead sea.sraei— moment in this area of southern israei is — moment in this area of southern israei is an— moment in this area of southern israelis an ongoing security situation _ israelis an ongoing security situation. the israeli defense force said in_ situation. the israeli defense force said in the — situation. the israeli defense force said in the early hours of the morning _ said in the early hours of the morning of they believe this place was almost secure. they couldn't guarantee — was almost secure. they couldn't guarantee for sure. they think they have got— guarantee for sure. they think they have got everything under control. as we _ have got everything under control. as we have — have got everything under control. as we have seen, there are still so many— as we have seen, there are still so many unknowns in this war. and the mood must — many unknowns in this war. and the mood must still— many unknowns in this war. and the mood must still be _ many unknowns in this war. and the mood m

those who remained have been evacuated to a resort on the dead sea, them around a 1000 survivors of trying to deal with the trauma. and the loss of loved ones asked the ws rebecca, which is people's, of the pull trying the dead from a time before they will fill a pot. just one of the therapies helping these people process their trauma. at this up scale result on the did see the it's a place of relative safety in a country and more around a 1000. as riley's who escaped the massacred couplets, bailey were evacuated here without live for at least the next few months. and trying to come to terms with what happened. yeah, in 6 and a half in the morning, somebody days we heard a lot of rooms and we woke up a little bit in the recalls. the moment the audio began, her parents soon texted her from the home up the street. they were in hiding. a mass gunman killed more than a 100 people in berry that day and a feed him mom and dad were among them. something like an hour later or so a big deal event when instead of with both, i always say so can. it's not any as well. i guess it's in gaza. 2 weeks lat

i had seen coast as a hospital sheltering thousands of palestinians and we visit a dead sea resort ways. re survive is all they have lost mass because a trying to heal that from the welcome to the program is why the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not agree to a cease fire with him. us speaking earlier and tell a v if he said that would represent a surrender to him us because the conflict of baffled between civilization and barbarism, he added that even the most just was have unintended civilian casualties. meanwhile, nephew also said he hoped that civilized nations would fight with back israel's fight. but i wouldn't make clear results position regarding this as far just as the united states would not agree to a cease fire after the bombing of pearl harbor, or after the terrorist attack of 911. israel will not agree to association of facilities with some us after the risk attacks of october, 7th, cause for seas, for our cause, for israel to surrender to home us to surrender to terror was the surrender to barbara is that will not happen. ladies and gentlemen. the

i've been spending weeks for the time done with the dead sea. and with survivors like the members of people's, bailey, people, to me, of ours, people's case, a theme where with these communities. but i think the most important thing that helps, and we've seen this across as well as is being of service, i think is the most useful thing that you can do for those feelings of guilt. and we've seen it within the communities themselves that people, savvy, for example, we work hand in hand with the communities. and we've been so inspired by how the community leaders themselves have stepped up and taken control of the situation. and they want to be involved in the planning. we don't do anything. we don't bring the a to them and tell them what they need. we work with the communities who were gain a sense of control by putting these structures in place for themselves and for their families and for their wider communities. and really, i think the best thing that anyone can do in these moments is to be of service to their community. now it's been over 3 wee

i can’t drown exactly like in the dead sea. composition of this water is in no way inferior to the water of the dead sea. in terms of therapeutic effect too. and the dirt here is exactly the same as at the resort in jordan, where i was a year ago. eh, now like a brother. hey. what as for the differences, here everyone around speaks russian, unlike the dead sea , which is one in three countries, the salt of the ilet lakes is as many as six, they are all in russia, there is such a familiar and familiar infrastructure around the lakes, here you can exfoliate with fish, buy corn and male, paolia. get a massage and hydromassage, sit in a cedar barrel, ride a camel, braid your hair, try crayfish, crayfish, hot crayfish, can you imagine, these crayfish are also from the salt of the letskiy lakes, not only is it a cool feature that they sell them, but they are also cooked perfectly, they such soft, juicy, healing... i can imagine how difficult it will be for you to believe that there are people who come to soliletsky against their will

kelly cobiella, nbc news, the dead sea, israel >> a lot for everyone here to process. that's "nightly news" for this wednesday thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> i'm raj mathai. next on nbc bay area news tonight, did you get it? an earthquake alert went out to half a million people. but the warning a little confusing and not very accurate. so what happened? >>> also, the war in the middle east is sparking more rallies and protests on college campuses and bay area high school campuses. it's their right to rally. so why are students facing so much backlash? we're joined by a

the documents are known as the dead sea scrolls. the jews quickly find themselves at the place of discovery. and everything that is found in the scrolls is collected and hidden. apparently, this land of many secrets. has in itself finding the scrolls on that date, i.e. in 1947, just one year before the establishment of israel, is more like a miracle, because some of the documents were completely intact. safe and intact in fact , scrolls were valuable documents that could concepts. to challenge many, including the concept of captivity, some time later it is announced that the scrolls of the dead door belonging to 15 years before christ are not published , but the few exposed cases tell a strange story of the history of the land of palestine. the writers of the scrolls lived among the caves , in secret, away from the eyes of the rulers. why people did they live in secret and underground? what were they running away from? the answer to this question was in parts of the scrolls that were never published and remained secret forever. ben

this hotel and the shows of the dead sea used to attract tourists from around the world . these days, it's a wasteland. the place was a visit to place. it used to host an adverb from all nations, a europeans, everyone here used to come and sit right there to sit there coffee by the and that see, because the water was literally at this edge that you can see here. since the 1950s, the fresh water sources that feed into the dead sea has the diversity for drinking water under regression. and the water line has receded dramatically. this once the seaside results has now found itself almost half a columbus row away from the disappearing sea. we're like sitting on a titanic ship. there's people who are on the 1st class luxury space safe to spin champagne in the ballroom. but once the iceberg hit the titanic, everybody sinks is you could have the best technology in the world for this any nation. and for waste water treatment. but when it comes to having a search to neighbor, it's all going to hit the iceberg. everyone is going to hit the we're traveling to the jordan valley here,

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this hotel and the shows of the dead sea used to attract tourists from around the world. these days, it's a wasteland. the place was a visit to place it used to host at ups from all nations of europeans. everyone here used to come and sit right there to sit the coffee by the and that see because the water was literally at this edge that you can see here. since the 1950s, the fresh water sources that feed into the dead sea has the diversity for drinking water under regression. and the water line has receded dramatically. this once the seaside results has now found itself almost half of columbus or away from the disappearing sea. we're like sitting on a titanic ship. there's people who are on the 1st class luxury, a space safe and spin champagne in the ballroom. but once the iceberg hit the titanic, everybody sinks is you could have the best technology in the world for the sudden nation and for waste water treatment. but when it comes to having a search to neighbor, it's all going to hit the iceberg. everyone is going to hit the with traveling to the jordan valley here, whi

kelly cobiella, nbc news, the dead sea, israel. >>> a lot for everyone here to process.'m lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night. other. good night. >>> a jolt, an alert on your phone and now the fallout. the light earthquake that hit near the bay area. >>> good afternoon. i am audrey.

those who remained have been evacuated as to a result on the dead sea that around a 1000 survivors are trying to deal with that trauma and the loss of loved ones. as the w, rebecca has reports of the pull trying the dead from a time before they will fill a pot. just one of the therapies helping these people process their trauma. at this up scale result on the did see the it's a place of relative safety in a country and more around a 1000. as riley's who escaped the massacred couplets, bailey were evacuated here without live for at least the next few months. and trying to come to terms with what happened. yeah, is 6 and a half in the morning. somebody days, we heard a lot of rooms and we woke up a little bit in the recalls. the moment the ordeal began. her parents soon texted her from the home up the street. they were in hiding a mouse gunman.

so called them 2 balls are basically dead sea grass that could be collected on shores and use as a high quality installation material. all these examples seem perfect and relatively easy to implement, but we need to change the way we have built our homes and products for the past decades. 50 years ago, we knew that that negative environmental consequences if we have certain building habits. so in the beginning they had felt that v require new knowledge is to be able to to build appropriately. but right now we have a different problem. professor arnold palmer can do is an award winning architect mostly known for her sustainable projects like these ones. when standardization is being imposed, then the must have coverage to question the limits of standardization. and the construction sector is especially standardized and rigorously conservative. some practices haven't changed in centrally is to concrete. for example. it's the 2nd most used material in the world, only after water. if it was a country, it would have been the world's 3rd largest carbon polluter. after china and the u. s. last

will durant wrotes, according to the documents discovered on the shores of the dead sea, people werethe messiah was promised, but who is? this prophet, and from where does he originate? in order to answer this question, we will have to go back and investigate his characteristics, as found in the old testament. according to the old testament, moses saved the children of israel from the egyptian bondage, and made them cross the sea. he guided them during the course of 40 years of wandering in the sinai desert until they reached the banks of the jordanian river. nevertheless, the israelites continued lives as nomads. for this reason moses gathered them all and said, god told me, i will raise them up a prophet from among the breathron like unto thee. and i put my words in his mouth, and he shall seek unto them all, that i shall command him, and it will come to pass that. will not harcon into my words, which he shall speak in my name, i will require it of him. the bible recognizes the children of ishmael as the breathren of the israelites. hence, the forteld prophet must have been raised

what's up the silver vin in one event, a commendable watch off a david hotel enable, kicked by the dead sea. far from the place they once called home. psychologists and emotions to teams tried to distract these people from the atrocities they've experienced, at least for a few moments. and i'll include this at some point. we were rescued still under fire. my kids were so brave. we had to cover their eyes because we stepped over bodies on our way out. now we're thinking about how to bury the dead on the thing. so the whole families have been wiped out. there are kids who have lost their parents and parents who have lost their children. something in us has been broken and i don't know how we can ever recover from this. volunteers brought these donations, but no one. so any officials or government representative, they feel neglected. first by the army, now by the state, left to know and fear. so they say when you sit in a bunker for 68 hours and block the door with just your hand until it turns blue, you change your hand, you just have a baseball bat. your son tells you if they breach, hit the

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i've been spending weeks i designed on with the dead sea and with survivors like the members of people's daily people to have all those people excuse the theme where with these communities. but i think the most important thing that helps, and we've seen this across as well as is being of service, i think is the most useful thing that you can do for those feelings of guilt. and we've seen it within the communities themselves that people's families, for example, we work hand in hand with the communities. and we've been so inspired by how the community leaders themselves have stepped up and taking control of the situation. and they want to be involved in the planning. we don't do anything. we don't bring the aid to them and tell them what they need. we work with the communities to a good day and a sense of control by putting new structures in place for themselves and for their families and for their wider communities. and really, i think the best thing that anyone can do in these moments is to be of service to their community. now it's been over 3 weeks and some of the launch these or a fin

what's up the silver, vin and what have an expandable watch at the hotel in rainbow kicked by the dead sea. far from the place they once called home. psychologists and emotions to teams tried to distract these people from the atrocities they've experienced, at least for a few moments. and i'll include this at some point. we were rescued still under fire. my kids were so brave. we had to cover their eyes because we stepped over bodies on our way out. now we're thinking about how to bury the dead on it. these are the whole families have been wiped out. there are kids who have lost their parents and parents who have lost their children. something in us has been broken and i don't know how we can ever recover from this. the volunteers brought these donations, but no one saw any officials or government representative. they feel neglected, 1st by the army now by the state, left alone in fear. so they'll say when you sit in a bunker for 68 hours and block the door with just your hand until it turns blue, you change your hand, you just have a baseball bat. your son tells you if they breach, hit th

. ♪ eric tlozek: the lowest place on earth, the dead sea, is slipping away.been the site of dramatic biblical stories, and the area is still contested today. david elhayani: this is the promised land by god to the jewish. eric: for millennia, treasured for its healing powers. male: i have skin issues, and the sea, when you're in it for a couple hours, it almost takes everything away. female: you're flowing. it's feeling wonderful, like, ooh. eric: modern-day pilgrims still come to bathe in the

, you won’t believe it, but this is arenburg and his own dead sea, if moscow is the head in the hearty inferior to the water of the dead sea, neither in composition nor in therapeutic effect, and there are six lakes here, and i intend to test each one, and also in my plans for this weekend, to find the orenburg gastronomic paradise. and make friends with purzhevalsky’s horse, check if it’s true that the orenburg downy shawl passes through the ring , get acquainted with the work of chernomdin, we completed all points, from a to b, why, where is everyone else, find out how the stars are lit, yes, this the same orphanage in which yuri shotunov grew up, learn to cook shulyum in oremburg, as he said our fellow countryman, this is not the place for you, but all this is tomorrow, because today is already evening , there is only one item left on my must do list, which is especially nice that in such a colorful, interesting, cool city like orenburg, there is still a second city, a city food, this is a modern gastronomic space, which delights the eyes, the stomach, and even the ears , because a

nbc news, the dead sea, israel. >> really poignant there. >>> speaking of security and feeling safe,nt agencies are on high alert here in this country as tensions over the war grow here. >> yeah, a joint fbi and department of homeland security bulletin is warning local authorities about the heightened possibility of violence over what's going on in gaza and israel. attorney general merrick garland says the department of justice is laser focused on keeping americans safe. >> we are seeing an increase in reported threats against faith communities, particularly jewish, muslim, and arab communities and institutions. the entire justice department remains vigilant in our efforts to identify and respond to hate crimes, threats of violence, or related incidents with particular attention to threats to faith communities. >> nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter joins us now. so tom, we have been talking all week about these threats, right? but what more can you tell us about the warnings specific to this security bulletin? >> right. so i actually was reviewing some of our reporting o

have been incurred, some categories, a general economic growth slowed down $1.1 billion dollar, dead sea minerals 918 million million dollars, again these are the types of uh overall revenues that can be generated for the palestinian economy, and when you take these categories as a whole like agriculture, stone, tourism, construction, communications, this is the type of... laws that incurs on the palestinian economy, you're looking at uh, 4016.1 billion dollars. i mean, that's a big loss when you think about uh, how much this could enhance the lives of palestinians, but the result of these um restrictions and controls that israel has for the palestinian economy as a whole, lives cannot therefore be enjoyed by the palestinians, especially to the way that israelis are enjoy it. let's see what our guests think about this uh, let me bring rabia billings natuno back into the picture, she's a pro- palestinian and human rights activist. rabia bellings and nana, welcome back to the program, when you take a look at what's happened with the palestinians, there is movement called bds, which i'm sur

announced the details of the plan that the israeli regime sought to annex the jordan valley, northern dead sead by new vision for peace coming from the young. how are you going to take away? this is where we pray and you cannot disrupt us, please stay away, please let us discuss this. we just wanted peace and you wanted destructed. three brothers were killed by defending other's home, one was 17, 18, 20, barely grown, they're young, the students trying to make it out from nothing, all of sudden they're shot and they never made it home. teer gat. and rubber coated bullets by them, over 1,0 people injured by them, that's just estimated, that's not even updated, everybody was waiting just so they can pray today, for metal detectors thinking that will stay away. the ways that the israeli occupation is using to fight against education in palestine are not limited to the prevention of building and developing the educational institutions. when the israeli occupation bombs empty ajacant places, this destroys the classrooms. despite the hard conditions and the crippling sie on gaza, is all male or fema

announced the details of the plan that the israeli regime sought to annex the jordan valley, northern dead seand that the failure of the old is now being replaced by new vision for peace coming from the young, how are you going? this is where we pray and you cannot disrupt us, please stay away, please let us discuss this, we just wanted peace and you want to destruct it, three brothers were killed by defending other's home, one was 17, 18, 20, barely grown, they're young, the students trying to make it out from nothing, all of sudden the shot and they never made a home, tear gas and rubber coated bullets by them, over 1,0 people injured by them, that's just estimated, that's not even updated, everybody was waiting just so they can pray today for metal detector. these young palestinian men, including the founder of the movement were studying at egyptian universities. i clearly remember how the israeli occupation army killed my grandfather in cold blood in 1967 for no reason. jihad has emerged as a main power and there cannot be any truce without the islamic jihad. therefore, the islamic jihad w

the cantors wanted their three sons to experience the beauty of their heritage, to float in the dead seato leave a prayer on the wall. >> but a war zone does not a family vacation make. so they booked the next flight home to new york. i feel a lot more safe, but. >> but i'm scared for other people that are still in israel . >> i was scared and i just hoped that everything was going to be okay. >> as americans, it's nice to be back on on home soil, but we really do feel really sad and heartbroken, heartbroken for the israelis. >> of course, we're praying for the people that are still in israel despite their ordeal. >> the cantors tell me they have every intention of going back to israel and they insist they will not let terrorism win. >> our thanks there to lucy. there are a lot fewer flights now between the us and israel. an airline lobbying group says all major us carriers have suspended service to and from tel aviv until further notice. the group says safety and security remain paramount. travelers with tickets on flights to tel aviv should check with their individual carriers. >> tv c

announced the details of the plan that the israeli regime sough to annex the jordan valley, northern dead seahat the failure of the old is now being replaced by new vision for peace. coming from the young, how are you going to take away? this is where we pray and you cannot disrupt us, please stay away, please let us discuss this, we just wanted peace and you wanted destructed, three brothers were killed by defending allah's home, one was 17, 18, 20, barely grown, they're young, the students trying to make it out from nothing, all of sudden they're shot and they never made a home, tear gas and rubber coated bullets by them, over 1,000 people injured by them, that's just estimated, that's not even updated, everybody was waiting just so they can pray today, for metal detectors thinking that will stay your way, islam will never change even if they change the place, this is imprisonment in the israeli jails has a special taste, has a special condition, has a special experience. من ضمن التعذيب الجسدي كان الهز وكان الشبح على الكرسي الصغير segregate the palistine to destroy the humanity, the soul of

it's in the southern israel, those who survive tough being evacuated to results in the dead sea. then around to thousands of them are trying to deal with that trauma and the loss of loved ones as the w's. rebecca, which is ripples of the pull trying the dead from a time before they will fill a pot, just one of the therapies helping these people process their trauma at this up scale result on the did see the it's a place of relative safety in a country and more around a 1000 as riley's who escaped to the massacre ridge templates. bailey were evacuated here where they'll live for at least the next few months and trying to come to terms with what happened. yeah, is 6 and a half in the morning. somebody days, we heard a lot of rooms and we woke up a little bit in the recalls. the moment the audio began, her parents soon texted her from the home up the street. they were in hiding. a mouse gunman killed more than a 100 people in berry that de la feed him mom and dad were among them something like an hour later or so. i think tell them one instead of with both. they always say so can it'