This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-in-Chief. Please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).Reason: During the second revision of the manuscript, the authors modified Figure 1 (changing the label from "Israel" to "Historical Palestine"). The authors did not inform the editors or the publisher of this change in their manuscript. As such, the authors have not lived up to the standards of trust and integrity that form the foundation of the peer-review process. The Editors-in-Chief take a strong view on this matter and, hence, the retraction of the article from publication in Agricultural Water Management.