http://www.theworld.org/2011/11/abundant-microbial-life-and-fresh-water-springs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abundant-microbial-life-and-fresh-water-springs Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2011/11/abundant-microbial-life-and-fresh-water-springs/comment-page-1/#comment-22146 Danny Ionescu Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:21:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=94207#comment-22146 I would rather look at the Dead Sea as a natural treasure that joins Palestine, Israel and Jordan and does not separate anyone!  I would rather look at the Dead Sea as a natural treasure that joins Palestine, Israel and Jordan and does not separate anyone! 

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2011/11/abundant-microbial-life-and-fresh-water-springs/comment-page-1/#comment-22102 Steve MacIntyre Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:03:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=94207#comment-22102 The Dead Sea does not separate Israel from Jordan.   It separates the Palestinian Territory from Jordan, which is entirely different.  And your counterfactual assertion, which could not have been by accident, is no run-of-the mill geography error.  Rather, it is politically significant as it implicitly endorses Israel's designs on Palestine, which are recognized as illegal everywhere in the world except in Israel itself and, evidently, at PRI's "The World". The Dead Sea does not separate Israel from Jordan.   It separates the Palestinian Territory from Jordan, which is entirely different.  And your counterfactual assertion, which could not have been by accident, is no run-of-the mill geography error.  Rather, it is politically significant as it implicitly endorses Israel’s designs on Palestine, which are recognized as illegal everywhere in the world except in Israel itself and, evidently, at PRI’s “The World”.

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