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RainWalker

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5. I learned something from that article

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Thu Nov 9, 2023, 03:06 PM

Nov 2023

I had absolutely no idea about this.

In fact, some have pointed out that Israelis have used a version of the phrase to refer to Israel. The Likud Party of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in its original party platform in 1977 that "between the Sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty."

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How interpretations of the phrase 'from the river to the sea' made it so divisive [View all] sl8 Nov 2023 OP

It's hardly thinly veiled Richard D Nov 2023 #1

I do appreciate our American media. They've taught me how to recognize propaganda when I hear it. Autumn Nov 2023 #2

Same people and same genes. multigraincracker Nov 2023 #3

Some very basic distortions of facts in this article. Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #4

I don't know of any historical example of one nation or peoples Uncle Joe Nov 2023 #6

This is not a matter of recognizing a nation. Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #7

Were there any representatives of the Palestinian people at the negotiating table? Uncle Joe Nov 2023 #8

Of course there were Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #9

That's not what it says here? Uncle Joe Nov 2023 #10

Balfour declaration? Did Balfour partition the mandatory Palestine into two states? Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #12

The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Uncle Joe Nov 2023 #13

Yep, proposed, rejected by Arabs, and adopted in spite of their rejection. Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #14

So they were made an offer, they couldn't refuse? n/t Uncle Joe Nov 2023 #15

They were made an offrer, and they refused. This is factual. Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #17

I can understand that, Uncle Joe Nov 2023 #18

No it is not. It is like refusing a seat at the negotiating table. Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #11

I learned something from that article RainWalker Nov 2023 #5

There were and are such. Igel Nov 2023 #16