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. | |
 Emblem of Kafr Qasim | |
  Kafr Qasim  Kafr Qasim | |
| Coordinates: 32°06′54″N 34°58′30″E / 32.1151°N 34.9751°E | |
| Grid position | 148/168 PAL |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Central |
| Original settlement | Neolithic |
| Modern city | 2008 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Haitam Taha |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,154 dunams (9.154 km2 or 3.534 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 25,285 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | The village of Kasim[2] |
| Website | kfar-qasem |
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 2022 its population was 25,285.[1] 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.[3]
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 230
- ^ "Kafr Qasim massacre was part of an ethnic cleansing plan". The Daily Star. 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2024-05-11.