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Story of al-Kafir: a small village east of Jenin

Fifteen kilometres from Jenin and three from Seer, al-Kafir stands 426 metres above sea level on 4,315 dunums; its people once drank rainwater stored in private cisterns.

Al-Kafir is a small Palestinian village three kilometres east of Seer and 15 km from Jenin, 426 metres above sea level on 4,315 dunums bordered by Raba, Tubas, Aqaba, Seer, Talfit and al-Zababda. Its population was 66 in 1922, 140 in 1945, 131 in 1961 and 48 in 1997, and residents once drank rainwater collected in private cisterns.

Source: Arabic Wikipedia — «كفير (جنين)» — https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1_(%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86)