1948 Oujda and Jerada pogrom
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1948 Oujda and Jerada pogrom
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The Oujda and Jerada pogrom was a pogrom that occurred on June 7-8, 1948, in the towns of Oujda and Jerada, northeastern Morocco. In those events 42 Jews were killed and approximately 150 injured at the hands of local Muslims in reaction to the civil war in Palestine.[1]
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References
- ^ Andrew G. Bostom (2008). The legacy of Islamic antisemitism: from sacred texts to solemn history. Prometheus Books. p. 160. http://books.google.com/books?id=yIkQAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
Further reading
- "North African Jewry in the twentieth century: the Jews of Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria", by Michael M. Laskier, Chapter 7: The Israeli-Directed Self-Defense Underground and "Operation Yakhin". [1]
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