Tinjdad, Morocco - Moroccan Rabbi Moshe Ohayon was brutally attacked Friday, July 11 around 6:30pm by a young man in Casablanca, near the Windsor Hotel, over Israel’s deadly air offensive on Gaza, according to TelQuel.
The Moroccan French Magazine said that while Moshe Ohayon walked toward the synagogue, as usual, to his prayers, an unidentified young man "well dressed," stopped him.
The unidentified assailant asked the Rabbi: “nta ihoudi? (are you a Jew?) What’s the Tsahal (Israeli army) doing to our brothers?” the weekly quoted the rabbi as saying.
“He gave me a violent punch which made me lose balance,” the Rabbi said.
After the attack, the rabbi returned to his home and called the police.
"I filed a complaint and now I am waiting to see what will happen," he said.
The aggression took place hours before a demonstration held in the economic capital of Casablanca and other Moroccan cities in solidarity with the Palestinians.