Explore the unique beauty of Israel's native trees on your next hike, where ancient oaks, carobs, and figs bring the rich history and landscapes of the Holy Land to life.

Fig trees also are native and grow naturally near Israel’s rivers and streams. Cypress trees, which can live for hundreds of years, also are part of the Israeli landscape, most commonly seen in ...

Explore the unique beauty of Israel's native trees on your next hike, where ancient oaks, carobs, and figs bring the rich history and landscapes of the Holy Land to life.

Over the past 120 years, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) has planted more than 250 million trees throughout Israel. KKL-JNF manages 300,000 acres of woodland that remove an ...

The main culprit is the red palm weevil, an insect that originated in the Far East and first crossed into Israel from Jordan in 1999. Two types of trees are most susceptible to these pests: date ...

As part of his work and his passion, Shkolnik mapped, measured and monitored some 200 old trees and collaborated with KKL-JNF to compile the Hebrew language book 101 Special and Amazing Trees in ...

Eucalyptus trees were first planted in Israel to help drain the country’s swamps, drawing water through the soil that then evaporated through the trees’ leaves, stems and flowers.

Bushy wild olive trees growing close to the Mediterranean sea at Atlit, northern Israel, with the town’s Crusader fortress just visible in the background, February 17, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of ...

HULA VALLEY, Israel — The trees abutting the road leading to Biriya Forest, a nature preserve in northern Israel, at first resemble spruces turning autumnal shades of red, a sight reminiscent of ...

Planting trees in Israel is a bad idea right now The rush to replant forests risks lasting harm to the natural ecosystem; better to faciliate healthy, diverse regrowth Dec 6, 2016, 1:23 PM ...