and in recent decades Jews have sponsored the planting of trees in Israel via the Jewish National Fund, which sponsored Sunday’s ceremony. The eucalyptus in particular has become a symbol of ...

In the state’s early years there was a rush to plant pines, considered among the only trees that could survive and grow quickly on the bare, rocky ground that covers much of Israel, Tauber said.

Today, on Rosh Chodesh Shevat, we launch a major Tu B’Shvat planting campaign, honoring 841 fallen soldiers by planting ...

Israel says it's "making the desert ... campaign that has reportedly killed at least 45,000 Palestinians in Gaza and displaced millions more — view these tree-planting projects as another ...

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