Gharqad: Difference between revisions

▲Some [[Islamism|Sunni Islamists]] who strongly advocate for the [[Calls for the destruction of Israel|destruction of Israel]] have propagated a false allegation that [[Israeli Jews]] are planting millions of gharqad trees all over [[Israel]] in preparation for a dire war,<ref name=":0">{{cite book |publisher=Oxford Academic |url=https://academic.oup.com/book/9237/chapter-abstract/155913106?redirectedFrom=fulltext |chapter=The Gharqad Tree |title=The Road to Martyrs' Square: A Journey into the World of the Suicide Bomber |first1=Anne Marie |last1=Oliver |first2=Paul F. |last2=Steinberg |date=April 2006 |pages=20–24 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195305593.003.0007| isbn=978-0-19-530559-3 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |publisher=Christians for Israel International |first=Johannes |last=Gerloff |url=https://www.c4israel.org/_teachings/gharqad-the-tree-of-the-jews/ |title='Gharqad', the Tree of the Jews |date=23 August 2021 |access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref> although this is evidently false as [[List of forests in Israel|forests planted by Israeli authorities]] are typically made of [[pine]] and [[cypress]], with around 240 million such trees planted.<ref name="TJP-pines_1">{{cite news |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-692517 |work=The Jerusalem Post |title=How planting a tree in Israel became controversial |first=Cnaan |last=Liphshiz|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=January 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="USDA_1">{{cite journal |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/9127 |publisher=USDA |title=Biodiversity of wood-inhabiting fungi in Israeli pine forests |first1=D. L. L. |last1=Czederpiltz |first2=K. |last2=Wikler |first3=M. R. |last3=Radmacher |first4=T. J. |last4=Volk |first5=Y. |last5=Hadar |first6=J. |last6=Micales |year=2004 |journal=Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden |volume=89 |pages=191–202 }}</ref><ref name="ScienceDirect_1">{{cite journal |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S161713810600015X |journal=Journal for Nature Conservation |volume=14 |issue=3–4 |date=20 September 2006 |pages=207–216 |title=Restoring biodiversity to pine afforestations in Israel |first=Paul |last=Ginsberg|doi=10.1016/j.jnc.2006.04.003 |bibcode=2006JNatC..14..207G }}</ref><ref name="Yale">{{cite web |first=Fred |last=Pearce |url=https://e360.yale.edu/features/in-israel-questions-are-raised-about-a-forest-that-rises-from-the-desert |title=In Israel, Questions Are Raised about a Forest that Rises from the Desert |work=Yale Environment 360 |publisher=Yale School of the Environment |date=September 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name="nature-israel_1">{{cite web |work=Nature Israel |url=https://natureisrael.org/dont-plant-any-tree-in-israel/ |title=Don't Plant Any Tree in Israel|date=5 May 2022 }}</ref><ref name="isees_1">{{cite journal | url=https://magazine.isees.org.il/?p=42453 | title=סוגיות עיקריות בחקר היערות המחטניים של ישראל – סיכום ארבעים שנות מחקר (1972–2012) | journal=אקולוגיה וסביבה | date=2013 | volume=4 | issue=4/2013 | last1=אסם | first1=יגיל }}</ref> [[Olive trees]] are planted to a lesser extent, but none of the ''Lycium'' or ''Nitraria'' are cultivated.