[4] Land along the Jordan River's alluvial slopes and floor bed was under Jewish ownership before the establishment of the State of Israel.

[5] In 1927, Pinchas Rutenberg, founder of the Palestine Electric Company, signed an agreement with King Abdullah I of Jordan to build a hydroelectric power station.

A gate was established to enable Israeli tourists to visit the park without a visa or passport, on presentation of their identity cards to the Jordanian guards at the border crossing.

[7] Tourism researchers Alon Gelbman and Darya Maoz published an analysis of the stories told by the guides to Israeli tourists.

On March 13, 1997, the AMIT Fuerst (Fürst) Jewish Zionist religious junior high school from Beit Shemesh was on a class trip to the Jordan Valley, and Island of Peace.