Architects strive to achieve vision of peace park
The area designated as a Jordanian national parkland, situated about six miles south of the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee, is a slice of no-man’s-land on the Israel-Jordan border. Some biblical scholars believe the site is the entrance to the Garden of Eden, but at the moment it is home only to ruins, scraggly weeds and a crack squadron of Jordan’s Royal Guard.
One day, this polluted wasteland could be a flowering peace park, attracting visitors from overseas. For some, such as the Director of Friends of the Earth Middle East Israel, an environmental organization that...
