Feb 25, 2021 “I invite everyone to come this weekend, to enjoy our great beaches, the [view of] the snow-capped Golan and the most beautiful area in Israel,” said the ecstatic chairman of the Kinneret Cities Association, following a wonderful rainy season. By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel After years of drought, the successful rainy season so far this year coupled with recent blizzards in the north has put the world-famous Sea of Galilee, known in Hebrew as Lake Kinneret, on the way to its highest level in decades, the Kinneret Cities Association reported Thursday. There are only 52 centimeters (20 inches) needed for the sea to reach its maximum level, in which case the communities on its shores, including the city of Tiberias, would be flooded.