"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" has been a popular refrain in pro-Palestinian protests and online discussion across North America in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
Israel advocacy groups in Canada and the U.S. say the slogan is an antisemitic call for the ethnic cleansing of Jewish people. Meanwhile, Palestinians and some Jewish academics say the slogan is not inherently threatening or hateful.
Yousef Munayyer, head of the Palestine-Israel program at the Arab Center Washington D.C., has written extensively about the meaning of the slogan before and since Hamas's attacks on Oct. 7, which led to Israel's current bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
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