A heat wave in Israel and the Palestinian territories in July and near-record electricity usage -- where it was available -- are indications that, despite the continuous political tensions here, Christians, Muslims and Jews are facing a common enemy that needs to be confronted in a united manner.
"The level of the lake of Tiberias and of the Dead Sea is lower than 10 years ago, and the landscape is changing because of a continuous construction of houses," Franciscan Father Francesco Patton, custos of the Holy Land, told Catholic News Service.
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