After the widespread Arab riots of 1929 in the then British Mandate of Palestine , the Hope Simpson Enquiry was appointed to seek causes and remedies for the instability . The Commission 's findings in regard to '' " Government responsibility towards Arab cultivators " '' , was that the Jewish authorities " have nothing with which to reproach themselves " in the purchase of the valley , noting the high prices paid and land occupants receiving compensation not legally bound . The responsibility of the Mandate Government for " soreness felt ( among both effendi and fellahin ) owing to the sale of large areas by the absentee Sursock family " and the displacement of Arab tenants ; noted that , " the duty of the Administration of Palestine to ensure that the rights and position of the Arabs are not prejudiced by Jewish immigration . It is doubtful whether , in the matter of the Sursock lands , this Article of the Mandate received sufficient consideration . " The Jezreel Valley is a green fertile plain covered with fields of wheat , watermelon , melon , oranges , white beans , cowpeas , chickpeas , green beans , cotton , sunflowers and corn , as well as grazing tracts for multitudes of sheep and cattle . The area is governed by the Jezreel Valley Regional Council . The Max Stern College of Emek Yizreel and the Emek Medical Center are located in the valley . In 2006 , the Israeli Transportation Ministry and Jezreel Valley Regional Council announced plans to build an international airport near Megiddo but the project was shelved due to environmental objections
Arab riots of 1929
1929 Palestine riots
Jezreel Valley