from the river to the sea
from the river to the sea phrase: a slogan expressing support for Palestinian self-determination.
Phrase
from the river to the sea
- A slogan expressing support for Palestinian self-determination.
- The way out [of this cycle of violence] remains the same: a change of regime in Israel that brings equal rights for everyone from the river to the sea and allows for the return of Palestinian refugees.2023 November 5, Ilan Pappé, “Why Israel wants to erase context and history in the war on Gaza”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023
- We demand your emancipation
From the river to the sea!
We stand with your emancipation;
Your people will be free!2023, Seth Staton Watkins, “Oh Palestine, Oh Palestine”
from the river to the sea meaning in Bengali, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian
from the river to the sea in Bengali
- Translations
- নদী থেকে সাগর পর্যন্ত nodi theke śagor porjonto
from the river to the sea in Arabic
- Translations
- مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri
from the river to the sea in Malay
- Translations
- dari sungai ke sagara
from the river to the sea in Indonesian
- Translations
- dari sungai ke laut
More languagesFewer languages
- from the river to the sea in Persian
- از نهر تا بحر az nahr tâ bahr
- from the river to the sea in Vietnamese
- từ sông ra biển, từ sông đến biển, từ sông tới biển
Forms of from the river to the sea
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Origin of from the river to the sea
A calque of Arabic مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ (mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri, “from the [[[Jordan]]] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea”), popularized among Palestinians by the Palestine Liberation Organization; from Hebrew בֵּין הַיָּם לַיַּרְדֵּֽן (ben ha-Yám la-Yardén, “between the [Mediterranean] Sea and the Jordan [River]”), as seen in the platform of the right-wing Zionist Likud party in 1977; both phrases refer to the geography of historic Palestine.
Questions about from the river to the sea
- What does from the river to the sea mean?
- From the river to the sea means a slogan expressing support for Palestinian self-determination.
- What is from the river to the sea in Bengali?
- From the river to the sea in Bengali is নদী থেকে সাগর পর্যন্ত (nodi theke śagor porjonto). See From the river to the sea meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is from the river to the sea?
- From the river to the sea is a phrase.
Words near from the river to the sea in the dictionary
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