Date farm

A date palm plantation in moshav of Neot HaKikar, in the northern Arava Valley in southern Israel, January 31, 2026

9 min

Society

Israel's oldest fruit just became its newest spirit: meet the distillery reviving a 2,000-yr-old tradition

"There's a very large amount of waste of dates that simply aren't beautiful enough to make it to the stores, but their sugar is perfect"

Read time: 9 min.