This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Kafr 'Ana (Arabic: كفرعانة, also: Kofr Ana) was a Palestinian town located 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) east of Jaffa, built on the ancient site of Ono.

They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards, fruit trees, sesame, goats and beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a total of 26,800 akçe.

[23][24] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Kafr 'Ana as a village built of adobe bricks and surrounded by palm trees.

[25] In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kufr 'Ana had a population of 1,374 inhabitants, all Muslims.

[30] However, the final operational order stated: "Civilian inhabitants of places conquered would be permitted to leave after they are searched for weapons."

During the operation, "the inhabitants and militiamen [sic] panicked and fled with the approach of the Haganah columns or as the rounds began to fall".

[31] Historian Saleh Abdel Jawad writes that indiscriminate killings occurred when the village was occupied on 4 May 1948, resulting in the deaths of ten civilians.

[33] On 23 September 1948 Israeli General Avner named Kafr 'Ana as a suitable village for resettlement for new Jewish immigrants ("olim") to Israel.

[34] Today, the modern Israeli city of Or Yehuda, established in 1950, exists upon the lands formerly belonging to the villages of Kafr 'Ana, Saqiya and Kheiriya.

"[5] A woman's thob (loose fitting robe with sleeves), from Kafr Ana, from the 1930s, is in the Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) collection at Santa Fe, United States.