The Politics of Planting: Israeli-Palestinian Competition for Control of Land in the Jerusalem Periphery

ISBN: 9780226112763. Book Condition – Good. On the open landscape of Israel and the West Bank, where pine and cypress forests grow alongside olive groves, tree planting has become symbolic of conflicting claims to the land. Palestinians cultivate olive groves as a vital agricultural resource, while the Israeli government has made restoration of mixed-growth forests a national priority. Although both sides plant for a variety of purposes, both have used tree planting to assert their presence on, and claim to, disputed land.