Palestinian

A descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine.

Park Hacremel Masterplan-  plan n. 566/53/חכ

Designating approximately 10,000 dunam as National Park and nature reserve.

 Pine trees

The environmental effects of pine and eucalyptus trees, as described by a botanist: “They acidify soil, devour nutrients and leach substances into the soil that repel other plants. So micro-organisms in plantation land are deficient for years after harvesting.”

Are all trees green? The spotlight on forestry

Text: Maria Johns

When the pioneers came to Israel at the turn of the century, they found bare hills and mountains and valleys filled with swamps. After years of hard work, disregarding the danger of contracting malaria, they managed to dry out the swamps by opening up the waterways of the rivers and by importing Australian eucalyptus trees, known to have large root systems. The experiment succeeded. The eucalyptus trees acclimated quickly and became instrumental in drying out the swamps.

Israelis also sought to forest the bare mountains and hills as quickly as possible. The Jewish National Fund started to plant pine trees because they grow quickly. Unfortunately, the trees were not suited to the climate and started to die after a few decades.

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Population of Israel

The total population of the State of Israel is about 6.8 million.

76% of the citizens of Israel are Jewish, 20% are Arab (Palestinian) and 4% are belong to other groups.

·        The growth percentage of the population in Israel in 2004 was 1.7%, the lowest since 1990.

·        During 2004, 143,00 babies were born

·        In 2004, 20,000 new immigrants arrived to Israel. In 2003, 23,000 immigrants arrived.

The Central Bureau of <ぐ颵ᇏ芻ꨀ봀௎text>Statistics, Israel

Present Absentees

The Absentee Property Law (1950) allowed the State of Israel to acquire control of all the property (including land) left behind by those who were expelled from or fled from their homes during the 1948 war. The absentee status does not change should the person come back, or even if they never left the country in the first place, in which case they are known as ‘present absentees.’