by Marco Rosaire Rossi

Within Israel the Jewish National Fund is seen as a respectable ecological agency. The purpose of the organization is to maintain Israeli national parks as places of ecological conservation and recreation. The JNF ensures the preservation and prosperity of pines, orchards, cactuses - even fig and almond trees. They have constructed picnics and playgrounds – all designed in an eco-friendly manner – and provide eco-tours that allow Israelis to enjoy the delicacy of mother earth while minimizing one’s ecological foot-print. The only problem with the areas under JNF control . . .