Winston Salem Journal · 16 October 1958

CP-1958-017

Israeli Border Police Found Guilty in Massacre

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“Eight Israeli border police, including a major, were found guilty Sunday of taking part in the massacre that killed 47 persons in the Arab village of Kafr Kasim in October 1956… Judge Benjamin Halevi accused two of the convicted men — Lt. Gabriel Dehan and Lt.

Shalmo Offer — of ‘cold-bloodedly murdering unarmed men, women and children who were peacefully returning to their homes.’”

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The fullest account in the archive, and the only one carrying the judge’s own words. Benjamin Halevi would sit on the Eichmann trial three years later. The count here is 47; other papers the same week say 43, 48 and 49.

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"Israeli Border Police Found Guilty in Massacre," Winston Salem Journal, 16 October 1958. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1958-017. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1958-017

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