The “special relationship” has been on full display following Iran’s attack on Israel. Biden’s instruction to Israel to avoid escalation shows the U.S. could apply pressure to end the Gaza slaughter at any time. They just choose not to.
The false labeling of Palestinian liberation slogans like “from the river to the sea” as calls for the elimination of Jews reveals an Israeli anxiety over its dispossession of the Palestinians from their land.
Why is the U.S. mainstream hiding Netanyahu’s provocative statement, that Israel will permanently occupy everything “from the river to the sea?”
A statement by 18 Columbia University deans amounts to a new norm prohibiting Palestinian political aspirations in favor of privileging a politics of feeling to protect those who feel threatened by Palestinian freedom.
Before October 7, the mainstream media mostly ignored news from Palestine. This fact has consequences among the American public.
Over 20 filmmakers have withdrawn from the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam over the festival’s condemnation of liberatory Palestinian speech and a refusal to take a stand against Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza.
Slogans are never just statements etched in stone, and “From the River to the Sea” is no exception. Its history, use, and the controversy it generates reflects the liberatory aspirations of the movement for Palestinian freedom.
“From the River to the Sea” is not merely a slogan—it is an undying promise and demand for national liberation. Attempts to vilify it are only meant to undermine the movement against Zionism and silence calls for Palestinian freedom.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) over comments she made advocating for Palestinians to be free.