• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Netanyahu Says ‘From the River to the Sea,’ a Phrase Zionists Claim is Genocidal

    Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the notion of Palestinian statehood in a news conference on Thursday, claiming it “would endanger the state of Israel.” But he also invoked geographical language that has become a point of bitter contention as Israel’s continued military bombardment of Gaza continues in response to the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, saying that “in the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea,” according to an English translation of the speech from Israeli news channel i24News.

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      7 months ago

      It’s extremist rhetoric. This is true when antisemites say it and its true when Bibi says it.