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.

But it has now become so widespread in Israel and Palestine that many environmentalists ... and displaced millions more — view these tree-planting projects as another weapon used by colonists ...

In memory of late US President Jimmy Carter, a grove of 250 young olive trees was planted Monday in the occupied West Bank by ...

Palestinian activists in the northern West Bank have planted an olive grove in memory of the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter ...