Jonathan Cook: Palestinian village marks anniversary of massacre

Jonathan Cook, The National, 29 October 2008

Kafr Qassem, Israel // In a conflict that has produced its share of suffering and tragedy, the name of Kafr Qassem lives on in infamy more than half a century after Israeli police gunned down 47 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, in the village.

Yesterday, Kafr Qassem’s inhabitants, joined by a handful of Israeli Jewish sympathisers, commemorated the anniversary of the deaths 52 years ago by marching to the cemetery where the victims were laid to rest.

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