The Riddle Behind the Cypress

In the last twenty years, the disappearance of the orchards, which were part of the coastal plane's scenery of Israel on one hand, exposes old buildings, iron gates and Cyprus trees leading no-where on other hand. The purpose of the book is to discover the story of these remnants: to describe the biography of entrepreneurs who came to Palestine in the years 1920s 1930s and invested in Citrus Plantations, to deal with their Zionist ideology and their economic perceptions.
Dr. Irit Amit-Cohen is a researcher and a writer. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environment and Department of Land of Israel and Archeology at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Her research focuses on preservation and conservation cultural built heritage and cultural landscapes, Israel State studies and on the history of Palestine in the years of the British Mandate.