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Epic Double standards

Anyone who chants "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free," is apparently in denial about their antisemitism because the 'free' bit is taken to mean being in favour of genociding other people rather than wanting to be free from oppression. I guess there is an argument there that this can be interpreted a different way but - honestly - it's a stretch and often used in bad faith.

Meanwhile, Netanyahu explicitly rejects a two-state solution and says that he wants an Israeli state "from the river to the sea."

https://newrepublic.com/post/178243/benjamin-netanyahu-literally-says-from-the-river-to-the-sea

He is also leading a military campaign which is in the process of carrying out an actual genocide and actual ethnic cleansing, which is something that they all claim the famous chant is a hypothetical call for.

Hypocicy in CAPITAL LETTERS.
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Yeah... I think you're thinking way too much into this.

Regardless of what the phrase might have meant at some point in history, it's relevance can mean something different today - and between individual chanters, too. One guy could say that he wants Palestine free from war while another woman might say that she wants Palestine free from invaders.

Closer to home, we still have football fans chanting about the World Wars when England face Germany at the World Cup - but no one cares about that being in bad taste and making a mockery of all the lives we lost.