• Skiluros@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I don’t get it, headline seems reasonable.

    “From the river to the sea” is a Pro-Palestinian slogan. I don’t think it’s anti-semetic. Anti-Israel sure, but that’s not an inherently bad or negative thing depending on your frame of reference. If you come from a country that has been suffering from colonization historically or even significant occupation for a long period, there is nothing wrong with calling for the destruction of the occupation regime.

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      Thing is, Israel is leading a global campaign to weaponize western democracies’ protection of minorities, in order to quell any criticism of its apartheid policies. Hence the push too label as antisemitism calls for a free Palestine, calls for a boycott of Israel, calls for the end of the genocide in Gaza. You see that in the UK, in US universities, in France.

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      “From the river to the sea” apparently comes from the original slogan من المية للمية فلسطين عربية, which literally means “from the water [of the river] to the water [of the sea), Palestine will be Arab.” It’s been used in a number of different contexts, from Western groups that advocate for a single secular democratic state for Jews and Arabs, to groups advocating for Jewish elimination from the region.