Three seismic reflection lines in the Dead Sea rift in northern Israel cross the transform plate boundary between Arabia and the Sinai block of the African plate. The Arabian plate edge consists of the Meshoswim tilted block, which we suggest to be partly a result of prerift activity. In the Sinai block the elevated Rosh Pinna Saddle is faulted over the Meshoshim block with a vertical separation of 2.5-3 km. Much of this separation is due to young reverse faulting which is related to the oblique plate boundary in this area. The main fault zone transfers the motion from the western margin of the Kinneret-Zemah graben to the eastern margin of the Hula graben. Immediately north of Lake Kinneret, the main fault is a 1- to 2-km-wide zone of extensive deformation and a discrete main fault trace is hard to define. Further to the north the deformation is less extensive and is concentrated in a narrow fault zone. Deformation across the plate boundary is asymmetrical and, while the Meshoshim block is quite coherent, the Rosh Pinna Saddle is a highly faulted and deformed positive flower structure. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1989