Pembelian Sursock adalah pembelian tanah terbesar yang dilakukan oleh orang Yahudi pada periode awal imigrasi Yahudi ke Palestina. Wilayah yang dibeli mencakup Lembah Jezreel dan Teluk Haifa, serta wilayah lain di Mandat Palestina.[1][2] Lembah Jezreel dianggap sebagai wilayah paling subur di Palestina.[3]
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^Hadawi 1988, hlm. 72: "In ancient times , Esdraelon was the granary of the country , and is regarded by the Palestinians as the most fertile tract of land in Palestine . The bitterness felt owing to the sale of large areas by the absentee Sursock family to the Jews and the displacement of the Arab tenants remained unresolved."
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