Kfar Aharon Settlement

Kfar Aharon is one of the neighborhoods south of Nes Tziona settlement. The settlement was established on July 2, 1926, by farmers who were members of the Bnei Binyamin Association through the Farmers’ Company, on the lands of the depopulated Wadi Haneen village in the Ramlah District. It was named after the renowned botanist and agricultural engineer Aharon Aharonson. Among the founding families were the Timan, Weizer, and Tchpurg families. David Neiman, son of Mordechai Neiman—one of the early settlers, a pioneer of agriculture, and the founder of Mitzkeret Batya—was also among the founders. Initially, the settlement included 23 properties, each covering 20 dunams. The land was primarily designated for orchard cultivation until 1928. Twelve houses were built on the site, and the remaining settlers lived in the nearby Nes Tziona settlement. Sources: Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, we relied on Hebrew sources: the settlement’s Hebrew website / Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. The village of Wadi Haneen is referenced from the Palestine Memory website.