▁put ▁into ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea . ▁Some ▁exper ts ▁question ed ▁this ▁project . ▁Heb rew ▁University ▁of ▁Jerusalem ▁Prof . ▁Av ner ▁Ad in ▁said ▁more ▁studies ▁were ▁needed ▁on ▁the ▁potential ▁environmental ▁impact . ▁However , ▁various ▁groups ▁and ▁government ▁officials ▁from ▁several ▁countries ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁pipeline ▁is ▁needed ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea , ▁which ▁may ▁be ▁in ▁danger ▁of ▁dry ing ▁up ▁due ▁to ▁some ▁environmental ▁factors . ▁ ▁Public ▁statements ▁Benjamin ▁Net any ahu , ▁a ▁former ▁Fin ance ▁Minister ▁of ▁Israel ▁and ▁the ▁current ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁of ▁Israel ▁has ▁repeatedly ▁made ▁public ▁statements ▁during ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁Isra eli ▁elections ▁which ▁advoc ated ▁an ▁approach ▁to ▁peace ▁based ▁on ▁economic ▁co operation ▁and ▁joint ▁effort , ▁rather ▁than ▁continuous ▁cont ention ▁over ▁political ▁and ▁diplom atic ▁issues . ▁He ▁raised ▁these ▁ideas ▁during ▁discuss ions ▁with ▁U . S . ▁Secretary ▁of ▁State ▁Cond ole ez za ▁R ice . ▁Net any ahu ▁continued ▁to ▁advoc ate ▁these ▁ideas ▁as ▁the ▁Isra eli ▁elections ▁got ▁near er ▁and ▁plans ▁to ▁execute ▁them ▁after ▁he ▁assumed ▁office . ▁ ▁Net any ahu ▁has ▁said : ▁▁ ▁Right ▁now , ▁the ▁peace ▁tal ks ▁are ▁based ▁only ▁one ▁thing , ▁only ▁on ▁peace ▁tal ks . ▁It ▁makes ▁no ▁sense ▁at ▁this ▁point ▁to ▁talk ▁about ▁the ▁most ▁contract ible ▁issue . ▁It ' s ▁Jerusalem ▁or ▁b ust , ▁or ▁right ▁of ▁return ▁or ▁b ust . ▁That ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁failure ▁and ▁is