| Summary/Abstract |
The history of the Yarkon River in the twentieth century reveals the ecological problem of the principal perennial stream flowing almost entirely within the country. Until the 1950s, the Yarkon was a pleasant stream, but the water was insanitary for drinking or swimming. Since the construction and expansion of the Yarkon‒Negev pipeline Project, part of the National Water Plan (since 1955), the water level has gone down and pollution has increased. This article deals with the story of the contamination of the Yarkon, the reflection of this situation in the press, and the failed attempts to purify the river in the decades after the establishment of the State of Israel.
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