Israel's Geology in the context of plate tectonics...

I think that I remember that the Dead Sea/Jordan Valley is an extension of some sort of the East African Rift. Whether the Israeli part is pulling apart like Africa, I don't remember at all. I'll try to find something, too.

And another:
http://www.jo-geologists.com/english/e_deadseatransform.html

The links you already have seem to indicate that Israel is on the eastern edge of the African Plate where it is rifting from the Arabian Plate. There may not be too much more detail online, but searching some combination of rift, plate, jordan, tectonic, and such on Google or Scirus might get what you're looking for. I can tell you a little about the Delaware Basin, but the Near East is out of my field.

Both plates were apparently part of Godwana back a half-billion years ago, and didn't start splitting from each other until much more recently - maybe even since the Cretaceous, 65 million years ago. But my one book that even addresses this isn't real clear on when. So don't write it down unless you can find some confirmation.