First of all, one of the problems with the Dead Sea is that it is drying out. When driving past there you can literarily see lines of salt on the cliff-face left by falling water levels and islands of salt in the middle of the body of water. A few short decades ago there was enough water in the Dead Sea that you wouldn’t see either of these.

Also the water is so salty that the slightest splash of water in your eye or mouth can necessitate a trip to the emergency room. How in the world do you propose to engage in large scale construction projects or even transporting people to these artificial islands? This is a solution in need of a problem.

While I applaud the effort to provide more drinking water to the inhabitants of the region to try and desalinate the saltiest water in the world and ship it out will destroy the Dead Sea making the plan a very short-term solution to the drinking water problem. This idea could severly damage a wonder of the world that is not only unique but depended upon by many for its medicinal properties used to treat many skin diseases and other conditions.

If you really want to come up with something clever for the Dead Sea find a way to replenish the minerals that are being used up in cosmetic products and add water to the Dead Sea now that there is no longer anything flowing into it.