Trees

Multiple injured as severe weather causes tree collapses in Ashkelon, Bnei Brak

Police closed Highway 90 between Dragot Junction and the Dead Sea hotel district in both directions due to flooding and warned travelers of serious danger.

|ByHODAYA RAN, YOAV ETIEL
View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025
THE DOGWOOD TREEHOUSE.

A once-in-a-lifetime getaway among the treehouses of the Great Smoky Mountains

Tucked into the woods just outside of the town of Gatlinburg, a gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this collection of treehouses lifts you into the trees for a warm mountain stay.

|ByLAUREN GUMPORT
Members of a delegation fo 250 state legislators from 50 US states plant saplings at Park Ofakim after a ceremony by KKL-JNF.

US lawmakers from 50 states plant trees in city raided by Hamas on Oct. 7

‘Each tree becomes a symbol of love for the land and of the profound connection that unites us,’ KKL-JNF World Chairwoman Ifat Ovadia-Luski said.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Melanie Shiraz is crowned at Miss Universe Israel 2025.

Grapevine: Miss Jerusalem of vision

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Climate change renders pine trees susceptible to fungal disease - study

The researchers studied the effects of climate change on Austrian pine trees after they were infected by two related fungi, Diplodia sapinea and Diplodia scrobiculata.

JULY 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Forest near Dundukovo dam in Central Bulgaria

Oak tree long thought to have been extinct now rediscovered

The tree is in poor condition and in desperate need of conservation. The Morton Arboretum described the tree's trunk as "scarred in fire" and it also "showed signs of severe fungal infection."

JULY 9, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Shawshank Oak 521

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund’s digital transformation

From the digitized Books of Honor to tree plantings via Zoom, KKL-JNF is adopting advanced technologies to strengthen its fundraising and the connection of Diaspora Jews to the Land of Israel.

JULY 1, 2022ByLIOR NOVIK
THE KKL-JNF Hall of Books of Honor in Jerusalem, where the historic books are being digitized.

Life-changing app identifies trees and flowers

One man's transformative experience with the PictureThis app.

JUNE 6, 2022ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
White daffodils at the Nov Meadow Nature Reserve

'Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree'

Opinion: Luke Hilton explains HaYovel's largest project to date - "Greening Israel."

APRIL 29, 2022ByLUKE HILTON
The Greening Israel team plants a tree

75 reasons I love Israel (in no particular order) - opinion

Remember that when we were crossing the sea after the Exodus, some looked down and only saw the mud. They missed the miracle.

APRIL 28, 2022ByBARBARA SOFER
3. TAMAR – BEAUTY and sustenance: Collecting dates from palm trees.

Christians to plant trees in ‘fulfillment of biblical prophecy’

Watch: The Greening Israel Project

MARCH 25, 2022ByRIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
The Greening Israel team overlook a tree-planting site in Samaria

Controversial tree plantings on disputed land to resume

Government okays NIS 5.2b. plan for Bedouin communities in the Negev

MARCH 14, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Israeli police officers clash with Bedouins during a protest against tree planting by the Jewish National Fund, outside the Bedouin village of al-Atrash in the Negev desert, southern Israel, January 13, 2022.

Jerusalem Botanical Garden: Flowering in Israel's capital

The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens has the largest collection of plants and trees in Israel.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByDANIEL SANTACRUZ
A view of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.

Four Bedouins arrested for Negev tree planting riots

The Bedouin were arrested for attacking a Jewish journalist and torching his car during riots in the Negev.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli security forces clash with Bedouins during protest against forestation at the Negev desert village of Sawe al-Atrash, southern Israel, January 13, 2022.