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The fact that a banner with the slogan "from the river to the sea" is banned in Germany speaks to the massive self-defeating overreaction by some parts of the W
by dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago
The fact that a banner with the slogan "from the river to the sea" is banned in Germany speaks to the massive self-defeating overreaction by some parts of the West. This sort of thing is only promoting a spiral into a wider war.
It should also be noted that it's not a "Hamas slogan" but has a much wider use:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_river_to_the_sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_the_river_to_the_sea
- mschuster91 3y ago> The fact that a banner with the slogan "from the river to the sea" is banned in Germany speaks to the massive self-defeating overreaction by some parts of the West. Germany, and Europe in general, has the cultural understanding (as a consequence of 1933-1945) that no, not all speech has to be allowed - particularly not when it calls for or supports terrorism. And that is precisely the context in where this slogan is currently being used.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoDo you mean because of use by the Israeli right wing (Likud) or by Hammas? "Kill Jews" is clearly evil and should be banned, but banning this phrase ends up smearing ordinary Palestinians who use it to describe an non-violent aspiration, as did the Israelis. As I said, an over-reaction.