Palestinian farmers

Criminals cost Israeli farmers millions in damages in 2022, preliminary data shows

Border Police commander calls for reinforcements to respond to incidents, while HaShomer HaChadash organization indicates 39% of agricultural crimes go unreported.

  Members of HaShomer HaChadash sit in front of a campfire.
A view of the Jordan Valley near Jericho

Israel, PA partner to transport water to Palestinian farmers in the Jordan Valley

Men work in a newly discovered Roman cemetery in Gaza, in this handout photo obtained by Reuters, February 17, 2022.

Farmer unearths face of 4,500 year old statue in Gaza

A potato grows in a field irrigated by recycled waste water in Kibbutz Magen in southern Israel November 15, 2010

New desalination technology to help Palestinian farmers


Palestinian Authority says calf imports ban ‘irreversible'

Al-Sheikh said on Twitter that he did not attend any meeting with Israeli officials regarding the calf imports crisis.

Cow illustrative

Israel to ban PA produce if Ramallah continues boycott

“Israel will not allow boycotts of any kind against Israeli produce,” the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Maj.-Gen. Kamil Abu Rukun announced on Saturday.

Palestinian man packs cherry tomatoes at a farm in Tubas, in the West Bank

WATCH: Economic Peace in the West Bank

A look at three different Israel businesses operating in Area C of the West Bank that hire Palestinian workers, and their struggles and triumphs in an attempt to foster peace.

Date Farmer Inon Rosenblom pointing to the Jordanian mountains the surround his farm in the Jordan Valley.

Tilling the land, cultivating one’s self

Israel’s agricultural schools connect kids to nature, history and society

An outdoor lesson in the vegetable garden in the Palestine Jewish Colonization Association (PICA) School in Petah Tikva, between 1920 and 1930.

Palestinian farmer skeptical of Israeli probe into axed olive trees

According to Hajj, 215 trees belonging to four different families had been totally or partially axed.

A Palestinian farmer tends to his herd in the Jordan Valley

Twice barred Palestinian farmer says he will wait for IDF permission

Sabah said that he hopes the army will inform him soon, because he wants to finish plowing his crops.

Yitzhar, as seen from a neighboring settlement

Knesset bans transfer of Israeli wood scraps to Palestinian Authority

The regulations, which will take effect within 45 days, will require Israeli farmers to pulverize their branches themselves or pay for their disposal at authorized sites.

David Amsalem

The complicated process of picking olives in the West Bank

More than 100,000 Palestinian families rely to some extent on the income they generate from their olives and some 18% of Palestinian agricultural production comes from olives.

A member of the Ali family stands on a ladder to reach the olives in the uppermost echelons of a tree

Palestinians transfer NIS 590m. to Israel in electricity debt settlement

The September agreement also established that the PA would now be responsible for overseeing the commercial and operational administration of the Palestinian electricity sector.

Palestinian electricians repair electric cables.

The end of the ‘shmita’ year: An opportunity to begin again

The desire to live in the Land of Israel is multifaceted. For some of us, it is mainly an outgrowth of our awareness and desire to connect to this land’s history, while for others the excitement of building Israel’s future is the strongest bond.

As the sun sets on the last day of 5775 and we usher in the new year, we will simultaneously take leave of the shmita year

Israel is the cream of the crop

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