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I was taught to hate Jews as a child. Oct. 7 is what happens when that hatred wins

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Hammami, R. (2026, October 8). I was taught to hate Jews as a child. Oct. 7 is what happens when that hatred wins. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4757898/october-7-hamas-ideology-antisemitism-brother-rachid/

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The author reflects on their childhood experiences of anti-Jewish propaganda and violence in Morocco and relates it to the events of October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched an attack on Israel. The article describes how media coverage and social reactions in different parts of the world varied widely but often celebrated the killings as heroic acts against Jews. The author notes that this hatred is deeply rooted in religious doctrine and societal teachings, not just political conflict, using personal anecdotes from Morocco to illustrate these points.

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Three years after October 7, 2023, the world continues to grapple with the profound impact of Hamas's attack on southern Israel. On that day, Palestinian fighters breached the Gaza border, killing more than 1,200 Israelis and taking 251 hostages into Gaza. The assault remains a defining moment in Israeli history, leading to significant changes in leadership and security policies.

In the lead-up to the attacks, Israelis were focused on internal politics rather than external threats. Following the massacre, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government faced severe criticism but he remains in power despite overseeing what many consider the worst security failure in Israel’s history. The attack led to mass protests demanding the release of hostages and widespread global condemnation of Hamas.

The incident reshaped Israeli society and its approach to security, with leaders acknowledging that external threats were underestimated prior to October 7. Meanwhile, families like Sigal Manzuri continue to advocate for peace and remember their loved ones lost in the attacks, highlighting the human cost behind the statistics.

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Who wrote this

Rachid Hammami

1 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 On May 16, suicide bombers struck Casablanca.

2026-10-08 · assertive framing · I was taught to hate Jews as a child. Oct. 7 is what happens when that hatred wins

The only article under this byline in the corpus.

Topics

Gaza Hamas Israel Jewish Jews

Subjects

Jews NORP · 10× Israel GPE · 7× Hamas ORG · 6× Gaza GPE · 4× Jewish NORP · 3× Casablanca GPE · 2× Morocco GPE · 2× Palestinian NORP · 2× Arabs NORP · 1× Yasser Arafat’s PERSON · 1×

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I fear we are watching the next one take shape in Syria, and even here in America, the soft reactions of the Left who refuse to acknowledge the terrors of Islamism will lead to a celebration in our streets, even when innocents are killed.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-08

🔮 On May 16, suicide bombers struck Casablanca.

2026-10-08 · Washington Examiner

I was taught to hate Jews as a child. Oct. 7 is what happens when that hatred wins · assertive framing

Claims (61 extracted, 2 hedged)

On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, I woke up late and checked the news. asserted

I → wake → news

My feed runs in three languages, English, Arabic, and French, so I usually see the same event through very different lenses. asserted

I → run → lenses

That morning, every lens showed horror. asserted

lens → show → horror

The images were unbearable, and the videos sent a chill through me. asserted

videos → send → me

I pictured my own children at that music festival. asserted

I → picture → festival

I pictured my family living in one of the kibbutzim along the Gaza border. asserted

I → picture → border

I called friends in Israel, Arabs and Jews alike. asserted

I → call → Israel

Everyone I reached was frightened, confused, and quietly hoping for some kind of miracle. asserted

I → reach → miracle

By the afternoon, a different kind of content had taken over. asserted

kind → take → content

Account after account was celebrating. asserted

Account → celebrate → account

Footage of soldiers being dragged away and hostages being carried off was passed around as proof of courage. asserted

Footage → drag → courage

Gaza, people wrote, was finally going to be free. asserted

people → write → ?

Free of Jews, they meant. asserted

they → mean → Jews

Voices I had long considered moderate, even enlightened, went along with the herd. asserted

I → consider → herd

They were happy to see Jews killed and Israel invaded. asserted

Israel → see → ?

I grew up in Morocco, and I absorbed the propaganda against Israel from childhood. asserted

I → grow → childhood

I watched the first and second intifadas on television. asserted

I → watch → television

I followed Yasser Arafat’s speeches. asserted

I → follow → speeches

I saw how the bodies of Palestinian children were put on screen, again and again, to keep the anger and vitriol burning. asserted

anger → see → screen

In 2003, with the second intifada still leading the news every night, that anger came home. asserted

anger → lead → news

On May 16, suicide bombers struck Casablanca. uncertain

bombers → strike → Casablanca

Their targets included a Jewish social club, a Jewish cemetery, and a Jewish-owned Italian restaurant, along with a Spanish restaurant and a luxury hotel. asserted

targets → include → restaurant

Forty-five people died, the bombers among them. asserted

people → die → them

None of the dead were Jews, but nobody in Morocco doubted who the intended victims were. asserted

victims → doubt → Morocco

That September, Albert Rebibo, a 55-year-old shopkeeper, was shot in the head in Casablanca. asserted

Rebibo → shoot → Casablanca

Days later, Elie Afriat, 75, was stabbed to death in Meknes on his way to synagogue. asserted

Afriat → stab → synagogue

It was almost expected. asserted

It → expect → ?

Jews were the villains of the television dramas, of the religious series that fill Ramadan evenings, of Friday sermons, of school lessons, and youth activities. asserted

that → fill → lessons

The Palestinian conflict did not create this hatred. asserted

conflict → create → hatred

It gave it an excuse. asserted

It → give → excuse

The Hebron massacre took place in 1929, almost two decades before Israel existed. asserted

Israel → take → 1929

The Farhud, the pogrom against the Jews of Baghdad, came in 1941, seven years before. asserted

Farhud → come → 1941

The roots go deeper than any dispute over land. asserted

roots → go → land

They reach into religious doctrine, and they are watered every day by the media, the schools, and the society around them. asserted

they → reach → them

One clip from Oct. 7 sums it all up. asserted

clip → sum → it

A Hamas fighter calls his parents from inside Israel to brag. asserted

fighter → call → Israel

He does not say he killed soldiers, or occupiers, or even Israelis. asserted

he → say → soldiers

He says, “Jews. asserted

He → say → Jews

Mom, I killed 10 Jews with my own hands.” asserted

I → kill → hands

Their son is a hero now, and his heroism will raise their standing. asserted

heroism → raise → standing

…and 21 more, not listed.