page_title: List of national symbols of Israel
section_title: National tree – olive
hierarchical_section_title: List of national symbols of Israel / National tree – olive
caption_attribution_description: Jerusalem
context_page_description: National symbols of Israel are the symbols that are used in Israel and abroad to represent the country and its people.
context_section_description: In September 2007 the olive was elected as the national tree of the State of Israel and as its official representative in the botanical exhibition "We Are One World" held in Beijing. The olive is one of the Seven Species of the Land of Israel described in the Bible.
  The olive won by a large margin over the Quercus calliprinos in a poll conducted among visitors of the popular Israeli website Ynet.
caption: Olive tree
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