Contrary to conventional thought, the River Jordan is often very meek in some places, with parts being as little as a trickling run of water. Water, however, is very important to the area. Through irrigation and dams, the river’s strength has been reduced to about 10%. The water barely makes its way to its endpoint, the Dead Sea, which as a result goes down three feet every year. In many West Bank homes, people do whatever they can to conserve water: brush their teeth with no water, reuse sponge water, wipe their cars and windows with dry cloths, etc.

In 1825, an English-speaker named Christopher Costigin met a Maltese sailor, and he asked the sailor to sail him from the Sea of Galilee to the Sea of Salt (The Dead Sea). The sailor, despite finding the trip difficult, obliged him. Costigin was an amateur geographer and cartographer, and he was hoping to find something holy at the Dead Sea.

The suicide bombers camped out in caves close to Nablus. Children snuck provisions in for them on horseback. Youssef Shouli, the leader, had the stowaways cover themselves with thermal blankets and aluminum

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