Mary Sanchez: Insistence alone won’t erase the antisemitism of ‘From the river to the sea’
Far too many people– including members of Congress– operate void of context, about this phrase and so much else. The gatherings have spread not only in the U.S., but globally since the murderous terrorism of the militant group Hamas on Israeli Jewish citizens on Oct. 7, and Israel’ s retaliatory bombings that have activated a war in the region. You’ d think that members of...
“From the river to the sea.”
Without context, the phrase sounds lyrical, sliced from a bucolic poem describing a rich, rolling landscape.
Far too many people – including members of Congress – operate void of context, about this phrase and so much else.
They lack historical background, much less an understanding about how language, infected with mankind’s grievances, can shift in meaning, from peaceful imagery to dripping with genocidal hatred.
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is among
