Like so much of the Mideast conflict, what the phrase means depends on who is telling the story — and which audience is hearing it.
The Jordan River is a winding, 200-plus-mile run on the eastern flank of Israel and the occupied West Bank . The sea is the glittering Mediterranean to its west.
Many Palestinian activists say it's a call for peace and equality after 75 years of Israeli statehood and decades-long, open-ended Israeli military rule over millions of Palestinians. Jews hear a clear demand for Israel's destruction. “From the river to the sea” echoes through pro-Palestinian rallies across campuses and cities, adopted by some as a call for a single state on the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean.
Ask Jewish people in London what's so chilled them about the current spike in antisemitism, and many will cite what seems like the ubiquity of the slogan. It is a sign, they suggest, that there's much to fear. No stranger to criticism over her rhetoric on the U.S.-Israel relationship, Tlaib defended the slogan.
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