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The latest from the ground.
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Bitter Fruits
The destruction of agriculture in the western Negev and beyond wasn’t merely collateral damage from Hamas’s murderous rampage through the Gaza Envelope. That rampage was a targeted assault to cause economic ruin to a country that not only relies on its own agriculture, but that’s also been at the forefront of innovative techniques to help feed the world. For farmers around Israel facing collapse, assistance has come from a surprising source.
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Israel Has to Be Much More Food Self-Sufficient-Expert Warns
JERUSALEM (JNS) – Since 1948, when the fledgling State of Israel celebrated its independence and began exporting and importing goods from other countries, it has become reliant on global trade. Now, as the Jewish state and it faces potential boycotts and sanctions, and trade routes threatened by terrorist factions, this dependence could have dire consequences.
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Towns Empty and Farms Languish as War Stalks Israeli-Lebanese Border
More than 150,000 people have been driven from their homes on both sides of the frontier as Israeli forces clash with Hezbollah militants. The border between Israel and Lebanon has become a landscape of abandoned towns and neglected farms as escalating tensions and tit-for-tat strikes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have displaced more than 150,000 people in both countries.
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War plunged Israel's agricultural heartlands into crisis, raising fears for its farming future
The soldiers guarding Avi Chivivian's organic vegetable farm in southern Israel must first scour every corner of his fields for militants before they give him the all clear: He has six hours to work.
