Palestinian Media Watch reported that Palestinian Authority teachers were assigning Oct. 7-based math problems just one week after the massacre, whichThe Jerusalem Post said it verified earlier this week.

A post published on the Al-Kuwait Primary Mixed School’s social media account recounted a teacher’s assignment to students one week after the attack: to devise their own math problems based on the terrible events of the previous week.

This is what students came up with:

• “At least 150 Israelis were killed in one day. What was the number killed in nine days?”
• “Al-Qassam Brigades fired 150 rockets at Israel for an hour. How many rockets did they fire in nine hours?”
• “Al-Qassam Brigades sent [groups of] 150 Jihad fighters to nine settlements in Israel. How many Jihad fighters entered the settlements [in all]?”
• “Al-Qassam Brigades launched 150 rockets daily at the occupation’s settlements. How many rockets were launched over nine days?”

The teachers gave the students glowing feedback on their work.

Examples of the written praise included:

• “May Allah protect you! Wonderful! Mercy and peace to the Martyrs of Gaza.”
• “Excellent! Champion! Our blessings be fulfilled! Mercy and forgiveness to our Martyrs!”

Students were also encouraged to give speeches and write poetry to honor the attack.

A student at the Kharas Girls’ Elementary School in Hebron read a poem in which she said, “On Saturday [Oct. 7], the people who resist returned to their land … It was impossible to express the emotions in our hearts, and we never imagined such pride in our people on our faces.”

“Only blood do we see as an ally, And we will cool the fire in our heart with the body parts and screams of soldiers,” recited a student at the Shweikeh Mixed Elementary School in Hebron. “Open your door, we are death, or close it; we will get to you, the target is identified.”

Itamar Marcus, the director of Palestinian Media Watch, spoke to The Jerusalem Post about the report.

“The Palestinian Authority has made the glorification of the murder of Jews and Israelis so deeply ingrained in its institutions that when Israelis were tortured, burned alive, raped, and more than 1,100 were murdered on Oct. 7, PA educators understood this ‘success’ as something demanding extraordinary celebration,” he said.

“The language PA educators chose for children to read at schoolwide assemblies about the Oct. 7 atrocities is almost inconceivable: ‘pride,’ ‘honor,’ ‘joy,’ ‘glory,’ ‘fame,’ and ‘a beautiful dream. These were the words used to teach Palestinian children how to view mass murder, torture, rape, and kidnapping,” Marcus told The Jerusalem Post.

“Israel must insist that the long-promised ‘PA reform’ begin with the removal and replacement of all senior officials in the PA Ministry of Education and of every school principal. These are the people who are collectively guilty of poisoning the minds of Palestinian children,” he added. “Their replacements must be subject to years of rigorous oversight and supervision, just as Germany’s educational system and educators were subjected to Allied supervision after World War II.”

“Reforming the PA while leaving the people and institutions responsible for educating generations of Palestinian children to glorify terror in place would make reform meaningless,” he explained.