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Columbia University to Hold Israel Divestment Referendum; Supporters Chant ‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’

The Columbia College Student Council (CCSC) meets on Nov. 24, 2019. Photo: Screenshot / CCSC. Student leaders at Columbia University …

Whenever anyone says "From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free," they are calling for the destruction of Israel. The river is the Jordan and the sea is the Mediterranean. So this isn't a call for a free "Palestinian" state, but for an Arab state that exists in the absence of Israel. It is pure antisemitism. Yet it is allowed to be used, and is legitimized, constantly on college campuses. There is no way that if students called for the destruction of any other nation (the one exception is America), this wouldn't be tolerated. But it's the Jews, and the people who allow and participate in this are racists, so it's not only allowed, but considered to be virtuous.