Kafr Qasim
Kafr Qasim (Arabic: كفر قاسم, Hebrew: כַּפְר קָאסִם), 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 2021 its population was 24,757. 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.
Kafr Qasim
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City (from 2008) | |
| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Kpar Qásim, Kpar Qáˀsem |
| • Also spelled | Kafar Qasem (official) Kufur Kassem (unofficial) |
Roundabout in Kafr Qasim with a monument for the massacre in 1956, the central mosque with another monument, and mixed-used buildings. | |
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Emblem of Kafr Qasim | |
Kafr Qasim Kafr Qasim | |
| Coordinates: 32°06′54″N 34°58′30″E | |
| Grid position | 167/148 PAL |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Central |
| Original settlement | Neolithic |
| Modern city | 2008 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adel Badir |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,154 dunams (9.154 km2 or 3.534 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 24,757 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | The village of Kasim |
| Website | kfar-qasem |
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