The Real Meaning of 'From The River To The Sea, Palestine Will Be Free'

by Bassam Tawil  •  May 11, 2023 at 5:00 am

• It is impossible to imagine that the anti-Israel activists have no idea that the chant is a common call-to-arms for those who want to destroy Israel.

• The slogan reflects the wishes of Iran and its terror proxies -- especially Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah -- to replace Israel with a 57^th Islamic state – from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.

• Iranian leaders and officials have often repeated that their goal is to "wipe Israel off the map."

• By using this slogan, Iran and Hamas are saying, bluntly...that the land stretching from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea is all Muslim-owned land that cannot be given away to any non-Muslims.

• Article 11 of the Hamas charter leaves no room for doubt; it is straightforwardly genocidal: "The Islamic Republic Movement (Hamas) believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Muslim generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered; it, or any part of it, should not be given up."

• Articles 13 of the Hamas charter openly advocates the use of violence to kill Jews and eliminate Israel: "There is no solution for the Palestinian question expect through Jihad (holy war)."

• Article 15 of the Hamas charter goes on to argue that "Jihad is the individual duty of every Muslim...It is necessary to instill the spirit of Jihad in the heart of the nation so that they would confront the enemies and join the ranks of the fighters."

• The anti-Israel activists who chant "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" are -- whether they know it or not -- endorsing the ideology of Iran's mullahs, Hamas and other terror groups that have long worked to achieve their goal of destroying Israel.

• These activists, who often describe themselves as "pro-Palestinian," do not actually care about Palestinians or "freeing Palestine." If they did, they would instead be calling for better opportunities for Palestinians; Palestinian governance that was less corrupt; the equal application under Palestinian leadership of the rule of law; women's and children's rights, and freedom of speech, assembly and the press.

• The current protestors are nothing but Israel-haters -- really, anti-Semites -- who have aligned themselves with Muslim extremists and terrorists.

• By chanting "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" on a university campus in the West... these activists are serving as a mouthpiece for Muslim terrorists who daily murder people in cold blood at schools, cafés, or a Jewish mother and her two daughters on their way to celebrate a Jewish holiday. Hamas has even boasted that its men were behind the murder of a British family, the Dees, in a drive-by shooting attack in the West Bank in early April.

• The next time someone shouts the "from the river to the sea" slogan in the US, Canada or Europe, they should take note that they are voicing support for the regime of Iran -- reportedly poisoning its schoolgirls by the hundreds and hanging its own citizens for "crimes" such as "insulting religion" -- as well as for Iran's designated terrorist groups: Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah.