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They don't have security.'Īccording to University of Arizona professor Maha Nassar, the phrase 'from the river to the sea' gained momentum in the 1960s among a fractured Palestinian population hoping to break free from the rule not only of the Israeli government but also those of Jordan and Egypt. 'What they are responding to is the fact that, within this space, Palestinians live along with Israelis, but it's the Palestinians that don't have freedom,' he said. Yousef Munayyer, head of the Palestine/Israel Program at Arab Center Washington DC, says supporters of Palestine who invoke the phrase are often misinterpreted as threatening violence. 'My grandmother like all Palestinians just wants to live her life with freedom and human dignity we all deserve,' she said.

Tlaib said on the House floor that she was calling for a cease-fire. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan after she used the slogan, including in a post on social media. Outrage over the phrase culminated in the House of Representatives on Wednesday when it voted, 234-188, to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib for Israel-Hamas war comments