http://www.israel21c.org/health/israeli-fruit-hybrid-lowers-cholesterol Israeli fruit hybrid lowers cholesterol] in Israel 21c Innovation News Service, Retrieved 2010-02-11 Fruits grown in Israel include avocados, bananas, apples, cherries, plums, lychees, nectarines, grapes, dates, strawberries, prickly pear (tzabbar), persimmon, loquat (shesek) and pomegranates, and are eaten on a regular basis: Israelis consume an average of nearly 160 kilograms of fruit per person a year.