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Pincus Rutenberg, the man who helped supply Israel with electricity

Known to the workers who built the hydro plant as "The Old Man of Naharayim," Rutenberg, who died in 1942, is not widely commemorated in Israel.

|ByJACOB SIVAK
A portrait of Pincus Rutenberg, the man behind the Naharayim hydroelectric project
A Jordanian national flag is lifted near a tent at the "Island of Peace" in an area known as Naharayim in Hebrew and Baquora in Arabic, on the Jordanian side of the border with Israel, as seen from the Israeli side November 10, 2019

Jordanian shot after infiltrating into Israel

This is the third infiltration over Israel's borders this week.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Naharayim Memorial

Israel to lose Naharayim, Tzofar to Jordan on Sunday

The agreement made in the 1994 peace treaty between the two countries granted farmers access.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH
Memorial located at Naharayim

After 25 Years of Peace, Israel-Jordan Relations Need a Restart

should the strategic ties with the Hashemite Kingdom be limited to security issues, important though they are?

|ByKSENIA SVETLOVA

Jordan bans Israeli tourists from Naharayim: report

Jordanian soldiers reportedly ban Israelis from the "Island of Peace" following plans to end land agreement with Israel.

JANUARY 26, 2019ByHERB KEINON
Island of Peace