The Sursock Purchases were land purchases made by Jewish organizations from the Greek Sursock family, mainly from 1901 to 1925. These included the Jezreel Valley and Haifa Bay, as well as other lands in what became the Mandate for Palestine. These collectively formed the largest Jewish land purchase in Palestine during the period of early Jewish immigration.
1911 cartoon: Saladin (right) protesting the Sursocks' sale of Al Fula, and Yehoshua Hankin (left) handing out money. Haifa satirical newspaper al Himara al Qahira ("The Stubborn Donkey").
Image: The Sursock Purchase shown on the PEF Survey of Palestine
The Bay of Haifa or Haifa Bay, formerly Bay of Acre, is a bay along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Israel. Haifa Bay is Israel's only natural harbor on the Mediterranean.
Haifa Bay as viewed from Denia.
Haifa Bay.
Haifa: German Colony and harbour
The cooling towers of the Haifa oil refinery are a nationally recognized symbol of Haifa as a center of industry.