"Khan replied, "I don't think it is antisemitic, and I think it's all about context. "Some slogans can be antisemitic, but it's all about context. And in certain contexts, yes, those slogans are antisemitic. In other contexts, they're not." Hall said that the pro-Palestine protests took place in London and protesters were seen "screaming chants at passing commuters." The Home Secretary to the protests "should not have gone ahead" on Yom Kippur which is the holiest day of the year for the Jewish community."
"Hall told Khan, "Protesters could be heard chanting 'From the river to the sea' and describing Israel as a 'terror state'." She asked Khan, "On the day of the Manchester terror attack, was that behaviour appropriate?" He replied, "No, I don't think it was." He was then asked over the behaviour of the protesters and was it antisemitic? He replied, "You're asking a general question about individuals' behaviour - I think it [their behaviour] is insensitive.""
"Khan was asked yet again if it was antisemitic, Khan responded with, "No, I don't think marching is antisemitic." Hall then asked Khan, "So you don't think that screaming 'From the river to the sea' and calling it a 'terror state' is antisemitic? "We all hear 'From the river to the sea' and we know what that means, and that is antisemitic." "From the river to the sea" is the land between Jordan and the Med Sea,"
Sadiq Khan stated that he does not think the chant "From the river to the sea" is inherently antisemitic and that determination depends on context. He acknowledged that some slogans can be antisemitic in certain circumstances and not in others. Susan Hall raised concerns about pro-Palestine protests in London, noting chants at commuters and timing on Yom Kippur. Khan described the protesters' behaviour on the day of the Manchester synagogue attack as inappropriate and insensitive, but he maintained that marching itself is not antisemitic. The phrase refers to the land between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea.
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