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An 18-year-old woman in Queensland faces two years in jail for wearing a shirt that says "from the river to the sea." (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by SarahFromOz@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone

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More info on the Queensland laws: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/05/queensland-pro-palestinian-phrase-ban-river-to-sea-laws-ntwnfb

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[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The phrase was created with the explicit intent to destroy Israel. We can equivocate about the intent to destroy Israel as being genocidal, but as I explain, Palestinian activists consider it genocidal intent when Israeli politicians talk of destroying Palestine, so I use their own standard. It may be that people who use this phrase do not intend destruction of Israel, but they are using a phrase which was created explicitly to call for the destruction of Israel. I don't accept that there is any good faith way to claim the term has been "reclaimed." If I say "heil Hitler," and follow it up with "but no genocide or any of the bad stuff Hitler did," it doesn't erase the first part of my sentence. In fact, the second part is antithetical to the first.

[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

And the phrase "bless you" was created with the intent to banish demons out of your nose, but we still say it when you sneeze.

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free", is what they chant. Calling that genocidal is Orwellian, mate. Get a grip.