They were 50 who died in the Kufur Qasem massacre as a product of the nine waves of killing. 48 of them were from the town of Kufur Qasem, including a 9 months fetus, one was from Kufur Barra and the other from Taibeh. They were all caught up in the sudden curfew announced by the Israeli police, while they were working outside their towns. They all got the massage to hurry up to their homes. Some where followed by their children and wifes to their working places to warn them about the curfew. However, and on their way, they were met with some border police who opened fire at the terrified Palestinians. There were men, woman and children amongst them. It was the Tuesday, 29th Oct 1956.
A number of witnesses emerged from the incident. Some of them were amongst the injured and others were closely related to those who were killed. According to some of the witnesses on one of the waves, the Israeli border police asked them to stand in a line opposite to a wall. Some of the workers stated very clearly and more that once that they had permits and that they were just going home. They were hushed and ordered to stand with the others. The commander shouted to his men...
"Harvest Them!"
Paintings by Abdel Tammam -
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Unbelievable... unforgettable... unforgiveable. And yet 50 years later the Israels 'rub salt in the wounds' of the Palestinian people by opening the doors of theirr goverment to those that pledge to have repeat performances.
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It is very shameful. What is wrong with people to have to ignore the warnings of the past?
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