Spring in Israel is short — I always say this country has two seasons, not four. The trees and plants flower in their brilliant colors for about a month, wild grasses are green.

Rashi explains that the bush from which God spoke to Moses was a thorn bush, and He specifically chose this rather than any other type of tree to indicate that “I am with him (the Jewish people ...

The thorns were meant to mock him for claiming to be the "king of the Jews." ... The crown was made from local thorn bushes by the Roman soldiers. ... Around 187,900 Christians live in Israel, ...