Aderet 2015: "The two authors discovered that in 1933 the Arabs lost their primacy, in the wake of competition and large investments in the Jewish sector of the citrus industry. However, the situation was reversed again during World War II, at the end of which the total area of Arab-owned orchards exceeded that belonging to the Jews." Aderet, Ofer (2015-06-21). "The forgotten story of the original Jaffa oranges". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
Aderet 2015: "After 1948, this reality disappeared from the Israeli and Palestinian consciousness. In the nascent state, the citrus industry was presented as a pioneering Labor-movement project, “void of any Arab presence, economically prosperous and enveloped in the scent of oranges,” as the article in Zmanim puts it." Aderet, Ofer (2015-06-21). "The forgotten story of the original Jaffa oranges". Haaretz.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.