Kafr Yasif

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kafr Yasif also spelled Kfar Yasif or Kafar Yasef, (Hebrew: ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿; Arabic: ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿, Kufr Yaseef) is an Arab local council in the North District of Israel. It is located 11 kilometers (7 mi) northeast of the city of Acre and adjacent to Abu Sinan. Christians make-up the majority of the population at 57%, while Muslims constitute 40%, and the remaining inhabitants are Druze.Kafr Yasif was mentioned by Josephus Flavius. It was inhabited during the Crusader-era of rule in Palestine by Christians and paid tithes to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was mentioned as part of the domain of the Crusaders during the hudna between the Crusaders based in Acre and the Mamluk sultan al-Mansur (Qalawun) in 1283. During Ottoman rule, Kafr Yasif primarily grew olives and cotton. It had a population of 600 in 1880.