The 5 largest date-producing Palestinian territories Controlled by Israel

PALESTINE - Since Israel occupied the West Bank in Palestine in 1967, date palm plantations have been established illegally in parts of the Jordan Valley. According to Al Jazeera, smuggled cuttings have helped establish large plantations throughout Israel. It is known that palm gardens have been planted from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. Not only that, the planting of palm gardens has also reached the Sea of Galilee in the north. This has led to Israel's date industry being nicknamed the "three seas industry." According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in 2017, Israel produced 136,956 tons of dates, with an export value of USD 181.2 million or equivalent to IDR 2.8 trillion. The Israeli date industry is considered exploitative because it is carried out in illegal settlements. Not only that, they employ Palestinians, with low wages. Quoting hrw.org, not only were they given low wages, the Israelis even employed hundreds of children aged 11 years, with a full day's income ...