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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsADL-Stop and Think: Anti-Israel Chants and What They Mean
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1. If you hear people chanting From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free
heres what it means:
This is a cry for Israel to not exist. It is calling for a Palestinian state that extends from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea effectively erasing and destroying the entire Jewish state.
2. If you hear people calling for resistance by any means necessary, heres what is being said:
This is support for terrorism. Saying by any means necessary, especially after October 7, indicates support, justification, and championing of violence and murder of civilians as a form of so-called resistance. Hamas means have included brutal torture and kidnapping of innocents, including babies and the elderly.
3. If you see a flyer related to Hamas war on Israel that features an image of a paraglider, heres what that represents:
Its glorifying the terrorists who used paragliders to infiltrate Israel on October 7, 2023 to massacre, kidnap, mutilate and brutalize thousands of people. There is no other meaning of these images.
This is a cry for Israel to not exist. It is calling for a Palestinian state that extends from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea effectively erasing and destroying the entire Jewish state.
2. If you hear people calling for resistance by any means necessary, heres what is being said:
This is support for terrorism. Saying by any means necessary, especially after October 7, indicates support, justification, and championing of violence and murder of civilians as a form of so-called resistance. Hamas means have included brutal torture and kidnapping of innocents, including babies and the elderly.
3. If you see a flyer related to Hamas war on Israel that features an image of a paraglider, heres what that represents:
Its glorifying the terrorists who used paragliders to infiltrate Israel on October 7, 2023 to massacre, kidnap, mutilate and brutalize thousands of people. There is no other meaning of these images.
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ADL-Stop and Think: Anti-Israel Chants and What They Mean (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Nov 2023
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brer cat
(27,680 posts)1. K&R
msongs
(74,172 posts)2. interesting how he says "Palestinian & Jewish", one being an ethnic group the other a religion nt
yagotme
(4,136 posts)4. Dual meaning?
relating to, associated with, or denoting Jewish people or Judaism:
"the Jewish people"
"the Jewish people"
Behind the Aegis
(56,209 posts)5. Um, Jews can be an ethnic group too, it isn't just a religion.
Also, is Palestinian an ethnic group? Arabs certainly are, but how are Palestinians and "ethnic group"?
EllieBC
(3,639 posts)3. No one is falling for the revisionist bs
that some people are trying to pass off regarding the chant from the river to the sea.
No one with more than 2 brain cells at least.
Behind the Aegis
(56,209 posts)6. Sadly, you are wrong.
There are TOO many people falling for it, repeating, and defending it, including the gaslighting happening here.