Olga Bokkas, a visitor from Connecticut, immerses herself in the waters of the Jordan River at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of Jericho on July 31.

The bushes presented on the Madaba Map are of a generic plant growing around the Dead Sea and the Jordan River. “The plant in the Jordan Valley is clearly a bush rather than a tree, since when wishing ...

JERICHO, West Bank — There are two dramas playing out today along the banks of the River Jordan, representing the two most powerful forces shaping politics in and around Israel. Tell me which ...