A gag order on Israel’s massacre of at least 47 Palestinians in the village of Kafr Qasim ended on Monday, following a years-long battle by historians to make the information public. An Israeli court in March said classified documents detailing the 1956 massacre could be released, but issued a gag order on the verdict until Monday, leading to an outcry. One former Israeli state archivist told Haaretz earlier this month that “the degree of imbecility of this decision is so great, that no further comment is needed”. The sealed protocols relate to the trial of the perpetrators involved in the kil…