Gnarled and ubiquitous, a symbol of peace and longevity, the olive tree has been crowned Israel’s national tree. Winning nearly 33 percent of some 148,000 votes cast online, the olive was ...

The idea is to support Israel, and to strengthen connections with individual Israeli farmers,” Kobi Assaf, the initiative's ...

As far as Olive Trees are concerned, they are more than just plants in Israel but rather symbols of history and its culture.

Groves of olive trees in the lower Galilee, northern Israel, February 7, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) ...

“Italians use olive oil today because Roman soldiers brought trees with them from this land, back to their capital centuries ago,” he explains proudly. It all started here. Olives are, after all, one ...

Israel has destroyed more than 100,000 olive trees in the West Bank since 2010, according to Palestinian NGOs. “Israeli settlers have uprooted, burned down and chemically poisoned 101,988 olive ...

Since the olive did not grow naturally in the Jordan Valley, this means that the inhabitants planted the tree intentionally about 7,000 years ago. 7,000 years-old hearth remains at the village of ...

An olive tree more than 200 years old grown near Nazareth was sent as a gift from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Pope Benedict XVI. The tree will be planted Wednesday during a ...