Comment by hotdogscout
2 years ago
I've seen a lot of people chant From River to Sea, which is a call for Jewish genocide, I did not see a lot of people chant for Palestinian genocide.
2 years ago
I've seen a lot of people chant From River to Sea, which is a call for Jewish genocide, I did not see a lot of people chant for Palestinian genocide.
"From the river to the sea" is a phrase that was used in the 1977 election manifesto by the Israeli ruling Likud party. The manifesto stated that "there will only be Israeli sovereignty between the Sea and the Jordan"
It's an Israeli slogan by the Netanyahu's party
People don't need to chant for Palestinian genocide when it's already being carried out and based on recent polling, the Israeli public is fully in support of it and think there should be even more intense bombing
You are omitting information.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_river_to_the_sea
It is mainly used by Palestine supporters now but also far right Israelis, like you said.
How Palestinian supporters can say it unopposed goes against the view you put forward.
"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" isn't a genocidal slogan. If you ask anyone who chants it, none of them would say its about genocide, that's ridiculous.
I bring up how it's used by Israelis because you hear the news constantly disparage protests for chanting the phrase while Palestinians in Gaza are being butchered by airstrikes. Just another way to fill the airtime when there's nothing to talk about that's Pro-Israel.
Maybe the protesters should change it to "From the sea to the river, Palestine will be free". Maybe that'll appease people. Or maybe they'll find a way to accuse that of also being genocidal.
It's all just a charade. In the end, it's the Palestinians that will suffer
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