A three-year drought likely resulted in catastrophic harvest reduction or even complete failure, which spelled doom for the Hittites.
Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.
In the past, trees were sacred to many people, but only Judaism has a New Year for them, which falls on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (Tu Bishvat).
Tu Bishvat reminds us of our responsibility to the environment – that we should cry out against the enormity of the destruction of rain forests and the degradation of God’s world.
Last year, tree plantings caused clashes with the Bedouin population that lives in the area.
Climate change exacerbates tropical storms. As a result of the more extreme winds associated with these events, more trees are uprooted.
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