Across
- 7. removal of salt from ocean water
- 9. landlocked salt lake
- 11. dry riverbed
- 12. holiest city of Islam
- 13. make up 83% of all Muslims
- 15. Palestinian Liberation Organization
- 17. Organ. of Petroleum exporting countries
- 18. petroleum that has not been processed
Down
- 1. founder of Islam
- 2. Islamic place of worship
- 3. crude oil is converted into products here
- 4. fundamentalist Muslim political group
- 5. vast desert on the Arabian Peninsula
- 6. Jewish holy site and part of the old temple
- 8. area in the desert where vegetation grows
- 10. religious leaders control the government
- 14. hilly plateau overlooking the Jordan River
- 16. goal is to have a jewish state in Palestine