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Kafr Qasim ( Arabic : كفر قاسم , Hebrew : כַּפְר קָאסִם ), also spelled as Kafr Qassem , Kufur Kassem , Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem , is an Arab city in Israel . It is located about 20 km (12 mi) east of Tel Aviv , on the Israeli side of the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank , in the southern portion of the " Little Triangle " of Arab-Israeli towns and villages. In 2024 its population was 27,996. The town was the site of the Kafr Qasim massacre , in which the Israel Border Police killed 49 civilians on October 29, 1956. On February 12, 2008, Israeli Minister of the Interior Meir Sheetrit declared Kafr Qasim a city in a ceremony held at the town. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Israel municipality Kafr Qasim ( , also known as Kafr Qassem , Kufur Kassem , Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem ), is a hill-top Israeli Arab city located about twenty kilometers east of Tel Aviv , near the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank , on the southern portion of the " Little Triangle " of Arab-Israeli towns and villages. The town became notorious for the Kafr Qasim massacre , in which the Israel Border Police killed 48 civilians on October 29, 1956. On February 12, 2008, the Israeli Minister of the Interior declared Kafr Qasim a city in a ceremony held at the town.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Israel municipality Kafr Qasim ( , ), also known as Kafr Qassem , Kufur Kassem , Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem , is a hill-top Israeli Arab city located about 20 km (12 mi) east of Tel Aviv , near the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank , on the southern portion of the " Little Triangle " of Arab-Israeli towns and villages. The town became notorious for the Kafr Qasim massacre , in which the Israel Border Police killed 49 civilians on October 29, 1956. On February 12, 2008, the Israeli Minister of the Interior declared Kafr Qasim a city in a ceremony held at the town.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Israel municipality Kafr Qasim ( , ), also known as Kafr Qassem , Kufur Kassem , Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem , is a hill-top city with an Arab population. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) east of Tel Aviv , on the Israeli side of the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank , in the southern portion of the " Little Triangle " of Arab-Israeli towns and villages.In 2024 its population was 27,996.The town was the site of the Kafr Qasim massacre , in which the Israel Border Police killed 49 civilians on October 29, 1956.On February 12, 2008, Israeli Minister of the Interior Meir Sheetrit declared Kafr Qasim a city in a ceremony held at the town.Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
City in Israel Kafr Qasim ( , ), also spelled as Kafr Qassem , Kufur Kassem , Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem , is a hill-top city in Israel with an Arab population. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) east of Tel Aviv , on the Israeli side of the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank , in the southern portion of the " Little Triangle " of Arab-Israeli towns and villages. In 2024 its population was 27,996. The town was the site of the Kafr Qasim massacre , in which the Israel Border Police killed 49 civilians on October 29, 1956. On February 12, 2008, Israeli Minister of the Interior Meir Sheetrit declared Kafr Qasim a city in a ceremony held at the town. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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hill-top israeli arab city located about twenty kilometers east of tel aviv
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arab city in israel
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