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Starting in the seventh century CE and the Arab conquest, the olive industry in Galilee and the Golan collapsed, as many Jewish settlements were abandoned. The nomadic tribes that came from the Arabian Peninsula and conquered the land of Israel destroyed many olive groves, but after settling permanently and learning how to cultivate the land, they began to appreciate the fruits of the land and planted many olive trees.
In writings from the tenth century CE, we find that “in Acre and its surroundings there are large olive groves giving abundant fruit from which oil is produced.”
Around 1170, Benjamin of Tudela, who came to the Holy Land from the city of Tudela in northern Spain, wrote a book of his travels in the land of Israel, in which he wrote: “Samaria is a land of rivers and gardens and orchards and vineyards and olives.”
Obadiah of Bertinora (the town of Bertinoro in Italy wrote about the road from Bethlehem to Jerusalem:“The whole way is full of vineyards and olives.”
After Biblical Times |
September 8, 2025 by maximios • Guide
Click Here and get your FREE olive tree in the Land of the Bible!
Starting in the seventh century CE and the Arab conquest, the olive industry in Galilee and the Golan collapsed, as many Jewish settlements were abandoned. The nomadic tribes that came from the Arabian Peninsula and conquered the land of Israel destroyed many olive groves, but after settling permanently and learning how to cultivate the land, they began to appreciate the fruits of the land and planted many olive trees.
In writings from the tenth century CE, we find that “in Acre and its surroundings there are large olive groves giving abundant fruit from which oil is produced.”
Around 1170, Benjamin of Tudela, who came to the Holy Land from the city of Tudela in northern Spain, wrote a book of his travels in the land of Israel, in which he wrote: “Samaria is a land of rivers and gardens and orchards and vineyards and olives.”
Obadiah of Bertinora (the town of Bertinoro in Italy wrote about the road from Bethlehem to Jerusalem:“The whole way is full of vineyards and olives.”