This would result in a new genocide of Jews. Leftists, heedless of that fact or indifferent to it, happily join in the chant.
“Speakers At ‘Hands Off Al-Aqsa’ Rally In NYC Praise Palestinian Terrorists, Chant: From The River To The Sea, Palestine Will Be Free!,” MEMRI, April 8, 2023:
On April 8, 2023, a rally titled “Hands Off Al-Aqsa” was held by several pro-Palestinian organizations in New York City. At the rally, footage of which was posted to the Christopher Leon Johnson YouTube channel on April 8, 2023, speakers praised the Palestinian “resistance” and its “martyrs.”
American-Palestinian activist Sireen Sawalha, the sister of Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist Iyad Sawalha, praised her brother, saying he had been a “hero” and a “freedom-fighter”. Iyad Sawalha, killed by Israeli security forces in 2002, had been responsible for the deaths of dozens of Israelis in several terrorist attacks, including two bus bombings. Sireen Sawalha led the crowd in the chant: “With our spirit and our blood, we will redeem you, oh Palestine!”
An American activist named “Ruqayya” from Al-Awda NY praised “martyrs” and “heroes” Bassel al-Araj (killed in gunfight with Israeli forces in 2017), Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi (killed by Israeli forces in August 2022), and Iyad Sawalha. She said: “We will continue to applaud the bravery and the resilience of the resistance and freedom fighters.” She added that there will never be peace until the Palestinian people have the right to “return to their homes and lands […] in every corner of the land of Palestine from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea.” An activist named “Nay” from the Palestinian Youth Movement said: “We proudly uplift our people’s resistance and commend their steadfastness […] until every inch of the colonized land is liberated.”
The rally was endorsed by several organizations, including NY4Palestine, Palestinian American CC, Within Our Lifetime, Samidoun, CAIR NY, CAIR NJ, ICNA CSJ, Jewish Voices for Peace NYC, Jews for Palestine Right of Return, MAS NY, NNJ DSA BDS & Palestine Sol. WG, and United American Indians of New England.
Sireen Sawalha: “I want you to know Iyad Sawalha from Jenin, this was my brother.
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“I want to condemn the media when they say he was a terrorist – he was a freedom fighter.
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“He was a hero, he lived all his life to see his country free. So, free, free Palestine!”
Crowd: “Free, free Palestine!”
Sireen Sawalha: “With our souls and our blood, we will redeem you, oh Palestine!”
Crowd: “With our souls and our blood, we will redeem you, oh Palestine!”
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Ruqayya: “It is the Palestinian vanguard, which are our freedom fighters and political prisoners, who are the future of a liberated Palestine. This also [includes] our martyrs, who are honored every day. We remember our heroes, Bassel Al-Araj, Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, also Sireen’s brother Iyad, and countless others, for their bravery, resistance, and resilience.
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“We will continue to applaud their bravery and the resilience of our resistance and freedom fighters who are on the frontlines, facing the brutal violence committed by the paramilitary colonial forces. While they are resisting in Palestine, we must resist and do our part here.
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“There will never be peace in the region until that injustice is ended, until the Palestinian people have the right to return to their homes and lands and live safe in freedom in every corner of the land of Palestine from the [Jordan] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea!”
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Nay: “How much violence are Palestinians expected to endure before their right to resist is acknowledged? Their right to resist – again – by any means necessary. Why are Palestinians expected to take their oppression in silence, and why do some people only speak of Palestinians’ oppression, but denounce or stay silent when it comes to their resistance? We are witnessing a shift in the regional orientation to Palestinian resistance. The legacy of the May 2021 uprising has shifted the equation from one isolated Palestinian faction versus the Zionist forces, to multiple unified fronts confronting a broken and internally fragmented entity. Once again, we cannot shout: ‘Free Palestine,’ and then fall silent when it comes to uplifting resistance and acts of decolonization. We proudly uplift our people’s resistance and commend their steadfastness in the face of colonial aggression, until every inch of colonized land is liberated. From the water [of the Jordan River] to the water [of the Mediterranean Sea] Palestine is Arab!”
Crowd: “Palestine is Arab!”
DHZ says
And replace it with another authoritarian port-a-potty.
Mike says
Every one of those people desperately need to read the Palestinian delusion.
ploome says
this is jihad
following the koranic mandate to strike terror
call them jihadis or Mujahidin, an Arabic term that broadly refers to people who engage in jihad,
Molly Rishon says
Teach them only two words:
ISLAMIC which speaks for itself; and
JIHAD which is their religious Holy War to kill all non-Muslims; even those idiots shouting in the crowds.
PRCS says
Rather imagine the event had been advertised far enough in advance that Jews with LARGE Israeli flags could have shown up to oppose that nonsense.
Did they?
A.T.H. says
Israel has offered Palestinians endless options for peace but they don’t want peace. Their DNA demands war. If they could kill all the Israelis and take over in Israel, within months they would develop factions within their own group to fight each other. Peace-loving Israelis continue to ignore these facts. If Israelis want peace, they must wage war to totally demolish the war-loving Palestinians. New York has 750K Muslims and over twice as many Jews, 1.6 million to be specific. There is no reason why Jews in New York have to put up with this nonsense from Muslims in NYC. Rally and riot. Crack heads. History proves that peace can only be a pleasant but temporary thing. To lengthen the periods of peace and make them more enjoyable, one must be prepared to war against the vandals every time they rise.
Molly says
• How come we find ancient Inca, Mesopotamia, Persian Greek, Chinese, Roman, Egyptian, Indian, Aboriginal and other ancient civilizations and cultures, and yet, nothing has ever been discovered of PALESTINIAN ancient civilization before and AFTER 1964?
The Arabs aka 1964 Palestinians, never claimed Jerusalem or the Temple Mount
(Al Aksa) as their capital city.
WHERE IS PALESTINE?
A crash course on history of PALESTINIAN STATE:
1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state
2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state.
4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state.
5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.
6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state.
7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine empire, not a Palestinian state.
8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state.
9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.
10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state.
11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.
12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state.
13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state.
14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state.
15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.
16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state.
17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state.
19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.
20. Actually, in this piece of land there has been everything, EXCEPT A PALESTINIAN STATE.
Muhammad Nadzirudeen Palestine was only a geographical region in the Levant; there has never, ever existed a sovereign Palestinian state, country or nation in any RECORDED HISTORY
VictorMc says
Crackpots who obviously don’t live in our real world.