IDF releases court documents from Kafr Kassem massacre

Border Police battalion commander said, in planning for curfew, ‘It is desirable that there be a number of casualties’ • Arab MKs say Israel must acknowledge responsibility

ARAB-ISRAELIS ATTEND a 2006 ceremony in Kafr Kassem memorializing 49 Arab-Israelis killed by Israel Police for allegedly violating curfew during the 1956 war. The memoir notes the author’s involvement in the commission that probed police actions.

(photo credit: GIL COHEN MAGEN/REUTERS)

ByTZVI JOFFRE

JULY 29, 2022 18:35

Updated: JULY 30, 2022 19:27

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