Kafr Qasim
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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 2022 its population was 25,285. 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.
Roundabout in Kafr Qasim with a monument for the massacre in 1956, the central mosque with another monument, and mixed-used buildings.
Kafr Qasim in 1941
Mayor Adel Badir and President Reuven Rivlin at City Hall in 2018
Rendering of Kfar Qassem Football Stadium Designed by Moti Bodek Architects
Walid Badir
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Walid Badir is an Arab-Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
