Britannia Park
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Britannia Park is a forest and recreation area in Israel, in the Judean lowland
. The forest was planted by the Jewish National Fund
starting in the 1950s, and with the financial aid of British Jews, after whom the park was named.
Shephelah
The Shephelah is a designation usually applied to the region in south-central Israel of 10-15 km of low hills between the central Mount Hebron and the coastal plains of Philistia within the area of the Judea, at an altitude of 120-450 metres above sea level. The area is fertile, and a temperate...
. The forest was planted by the Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund
The Jewish National Fund was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Palestine for Jewish settlement. The JNF is a quasi-governmental, non-profit organisation...
starting in the 1950s, and with the financial aid of British Jews, after whom the park was named.