...Zikhron Ya'aqov (in the north, near Haifa),…

...Zikhron Ya'aqov (in the north, near Haifa), Rothschild builds some of the world's largest wine cellars.

His administration staffed in part by condescending officials who evoke the independent-minded settlers' resentment, Rothschild transfers the twelve settlements under his patronage, their agricultural enterprises, and twenty-five thousand hectares of land in 1900, to the ICA, which he continues to support in various ways.

During this period, the newly formed Zionist Organization embarks on the purchase, reclamation and settlement of Palestinian lands.