Kfar Qassem: A Wound That Still Bleeds

Unpacking Israeli History

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Kfar Qassem is a small bucolic city northeast of Petach Tikva. It is also the little-known site of the first salvo of the Suez Canal Crisis. On October 29, 1956 – as Israel prepared for war with Egypt – an IDF commander made a decision that would permanently scar Israel’s Arab community. Today, we tell the story of the 49 Israeli citizens murdered at Kfar Qassem. This episode is dedicated to them.

Ibrahim Abdalhadi Himad Isaa, 35

Abed Muhammad Abdalhadi Isaa, 9

Abdallah Ahmad Himad Isaa, 15

Talal Shaker Abdallah Isaa, 8

Abdallah Sliman Isaa, 90

Ahmad Muhammad Sous Freij, 35

Ali Uthman Ali Tah, 30

Muhammad Abed Samaha Asi, AKA Abu Samaha, 50

Ghazi Mahmoud Darweesh Isaa, 20

Muhammad Abdalraheem Isaa, 50

Fathi Uthman Abed Isaa, 12

Uthman Abed Himad Isaa, 30

Saleh Mahmoud Naser Amer (age unknown)

Mahmoud Abdalghafer Rayan, 35

Mahmoud Abdalrazeq Sarsour, 16

Ali Nimer Nuwwara Freij, 17

Saleh Salameh Ahmad Amer, 40

Salim Ahmad Basheer Budeir, 50

Abdallah Abdalghafer Budeir (age unknown)

Abed Salim Saleh Isaa (age unknown)

Atta Yacoub Abed Sarsour, 26

Riyad Raja Hamdan Dahoud, 8

Jamal Salim Muhammad Tah, 11

Jumma Muhammad Abed Sarsour, 17

Mousa Thiab Abed Freij, 18

Abdalkarim Salim Nuwwara Freij, 14

Saleh Mustafa Ahmad Isaa, 17

Abdalraheem Ismir Budeir, 25

Ahmad Muhammad Jouda Amer, 17

Jumma Tawfik Ahmad Isaa, 16

Mahmoud Khader Jaber Sarsour, 27

Yousef Muhammad Ismail Sarsour, 52

Muhammad Salim Khader Sarsour, 15

Muhammad Ali Thiab Sarsour, 35

Abdallah Muhammad Abed Sarsour, 14

Safa Abdallah Usus Sarsour, 45

Amne Qasem Tah, 50

Khamise Faraj Muhammad Amer, 50

Zaghlouleh Ahmad Basheer Isaa, 45

Hilwe Muhammad Odeh Budeir, 65

Fatme Dahoud Sarsour, 30 (nine months pregnant)

Unborn child of Fatme Dahoud Sarsour

Fatme Mustafa Khamran Isaa, 18

Fatme Mahmoud Budeir (Age unknown)

Fatme Saleh Ahmad Sarsour, 14

Rashika Faek Ibrahim Budeir, 14

Zeinab Abdalrahman Ahmad Tah, 45

Latife Dahoud Khamran Isaa, 12

Bakriya Mahmoud Ismail Tah, 14

Mahmoud Muhammad Habib Masarwa, 25

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Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y38W4EVV9CKKwHNHSC_nV6T1DNXSM-NeFZ3WMG1XZkA/edit?usp=sharing

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This season of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Marci & Andrew Spitzer.