How interpretations of the phrase 'from the river to the sea' made it so divisive

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4. Some very basic distortions of facts in this article.

Since the founding of Israel, and until the Camp David Accord in 1978, no Arab country recognized Israel's right to exist.

Since the founding of Israel, and until the Oslo accord in 1993, no Palestinian leader recognized Israel's right to exist.

So it is ridiculous and revisionist to claim that the phrase "from the river to the sea" in the 1960's meant anything other than annihilation of Israel as a sovereign entity . It has never been "a rallying cry for the liberation of Palestinian people across the region, from Gaza to the West Bank and within Israel", least of all representative of the 2 million Israeli Palestinians with full rights of Israeli citizenship.Hamas in particular, but not exclusively among the Palestinian factions, is still calling for the annihilation of Israel, and never ceased to threaten violence.

There can be no question what the phrase really means. People who are not calling for the destruction of Israel have ways of expressing support for the Palestinians other than this loaded phrase. This feeble attempt to deny the obvious is disingenuous and deceptive at best.