• Pipoca@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    There’s a pretty good Wikipedia article on it

    As mentioned, it’s the Jordan River to the Mediterranean. It’s been used by Palestians since at least the mid 60s in a number of different chants, e.g. “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free/Arab/Islamic” (technically, the latter two are “from the water to the water” because otherwise the Arabic doesn’t rhyme).

    Hamas’s charter says

    Hamas rejects any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea

    While Netanyahu’s far-right Likud party’s 1977 manifesto says

    between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty

    It’s historically been somewhat controversial, with Zionists typically saying that it calls for the destruction of the state of Israel and/or the expulsion of Jews from the area. CNN fired a political commentator for saying it ~5 years back, and it’s regulated as hate speech in some places in Europe. Most pro Palestinian activists think that’s ridiculous, but it’s worth being aware of.

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      11 months ago

      I mean the original charter for Hamas also mentioned ‘killing the Jews’ but I’m sure it was a side point 🤔😅

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        11 months ago

        The current charter specifically makes a point of saying that that’s not what they want though. Makes a point out of dragging a distinction between Jewish people (they don’t have a problem with) and the Zionist project (which they do have a problem with

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          11 months ago

          I’m pretty sure they took out the genocide part just because it is a bit derivative. They’re committed to peaceful protests I agree.