Israel Is About to Flood the Dead Sea

June 5, 2026 in News, Video by RBN Staff

 

What would you say if I told you that the Dead Sea could completely disappear by 2100? Here, more than 430 meters below sea level, in the lowest depression on Earth, the Dead Sea is dying.

Nestled between Israel and Jordan, this body of water—so salty you can float effortlessly—is shrinking by about 1.2 meters every year. To grasp the scale of this loss, consider that in just fifty years, it has lost a third of its surface area.