{"id":2125970,"date":"2023-12-15T11:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-introduces-resolution-condemning-from-the-river-to-the-sea-mantra\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:57:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:57:42","slug":"cotton-introduces-resolution-condemning-from-the-river-to-the-sea-mantra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-introduces-resolution-condemning-from-the-river-to-the-sea-mantra\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton introduces resolution against &#8216;From The River To The Sea&#8217; mantra"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcotton-introduces-resolution-condemning-from-the-river-to-the-sea-mantra%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2125970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Arkansas GOP Senator Introduces\u2064 Resolution Condemning \u2062Anti-Israel \u200bSlogan<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This \u200bweek, Arkansas \u200cGOP senator Tom Cotton, a\u200d staunch supporter of the state of Israel and\u2063 an equally staunch foe \u2064of\u200b Israel\u2019s \u2062mortal enemy \u2062Iran, introduced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/river_to_the_sea_resolution.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate \u200bresolution <\/a> condemning the slogan,\u200c \u201cFrom the River to\u2064 the Sea,\u200d Palestine\u200c will be free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-dangerous-new-democrat-bills-that-you-probably-havent-heard-of\/\" title=\"Four Dangerous New Democrat Bills That You Probably Haven\u2019t Heard Of\">resolution states<\/a> that\u2062 the slogan and its derivations are a call for the genocide\u200d of\u2062 Jewish people \u200cand the destruction\u2064 of the Jewish \u2062state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPeople \u2064who invoke this disgraceful, antisemitic slogan are\u200d calling for the mass murder\u2064 of Jews, \u2063whether they know it or not. On October 7, the world saw\u2064 the genocidal intent of\u2064 the phrase, \u2018From the \u2063River to the Sea.\u2019 No one who uses this phrase should\u200d escape \u200dcondemnation,\u201d Cotton\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/cotton-colleagues-condemn-from-the-river-to-the-sea-slogan-as-an-antisemitic-call-for-the-destruction-of-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Co-sponsors \u2063of the resolution included Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), \u200dJohn Barrasso (R-WY), Katie Britt \u200b(R-AL), Rick\u2063 Scott (R-FL), Pete\u2062 Ricketts (R-NE), Marco Rubio (R-FL), John Kennedy (R-LA), John Boozman (R-AR), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Marsha Blackburn \u2064(R-TN), Dan Sullivan (R-AL), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) John Thune \u2062(R-S.D), \u200cDeb \u200cFischer (R-NE),\u2064 Lindsey Graham (R-S.C), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), \u2063and James Lankford \u200c(R-OK).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leading conservative\u200c British MP Suella Braverman\u200b wrote \u200broughly one week after the\u2064 October 7 Hamas\u2062 massacre \u200cof 1200\u200b Israelis that \u201cFrom the river\u200c to the sea\u201d is \u2063\u201ca slogan that is widely understood as a \u2063demand \u200cfor\u200b the destruction of Israel. Attempts \u200bto \u200dpretend\u2064 otherwise \u2064are disingenuous. It means \u200dthe River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea-\u2064 the boundaries of\u200b Israel \u2013 and comes from the \u200bdark days when most Palestinian groups sought\u2063 to eliminate Israel.\u2063 It was dropped by mainstream organisations after Israel and \u200cthe PLO made peace with the\u2064 1993 Oslo\u200b Accords.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe\u2063 slogan\u200c was taken up by Islamists, including Hamas, and remains a staple of antisemitic\u200b discourse,\u201d she continued.\u200b \u201cTo \u2063hear it shouted\u2062 in public causes alarm not just to Jews but\u200c to all decent people. Those who promote hate\u2063 on Britain\u2019s streets should realise that our tolerance \u2064has limits.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last weekend\u2064 an intimidating mob marched\u2063 through\u2063 London chanting \u201cFrom \u2064the river to\u200c the sea, Palestine\u2063 will be free\u201d \u2013 a slogan that is \u2062widely understood as a demand for the destruction of \u200cIsrael. \u200cAttempts to pretend otherwise are disingenuous. 1\/3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suella Braverman MP (@SuellaBraverman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuellaBraverman\/status\/1713897073915945089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The slogan \u2064was taken \u2062up by Islamists, including Hamas,\u200d and remains a staple of antisemitic \u2064discourse. To\u200b hear it\u200c shouted in\u200b public \u2062causes alarm not just to Jews but\u2063 to all \u200bdecent\u200b people. Those who promote hate on Britain\u2019s streets should realise that\u2062 our\u2062 tolerance has limits. 3\/3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Suella Braverman MP (@SuellaBraverman) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuellaBraverman\/status\/1713897078923870634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cotton, who served in combat tours in \u200bIraq\u200b and \u2064Afghanistan,\u200c has opposed Iran for years. He \u2063led the fight\u2064 against the Iran nuclear deal, signed by Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In mid-October, just after the Hamas massacre,\u200b President Biden nominated\u200c Jack Lew\u2064 as the new ambassador \u2064to\u2062 Israel. Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4256992-cotton-slams-us-ambassador-to-israel-nominee-as-iran-sympathizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiercely criticized<\/a> the choice when he was asked if the Senate should expedite the nomination, saying, \u201cAbsolutely\u200c not. Jack Lew\u200b is an Iran sympathizer who\u200c has no \u200bbusiness being \u2063our ambassador.\u2064 It\u2019s bad for the United\u200b States.\u2062 It\u2019s \u2062bad\u2064 for Israel to have \u200can Iran \u200csympathizer as our ambassador to that country. \u200dHe helped\u2064 Iran evade American sanctions, and he lied to Congress about it. He defended the Obama administration\u2019s refusal to use our\u200b veto \u2026 in the final days \u2063of the Obama administration to\u2064 protect Israel from anti-Semitic resolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">On December 2, \u2063Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/foreign\/cotton-obama-era-policies-elevate-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>, \u2062\u201cFrom 2009 forward and under Barack Obama first and now Joe Biden \u200c\u2014 Democratic Party\u2019s\u2064 Middle East policy has\u200d been to elevate Iran and \u2064to empower Iran, in part\u200d because of\u2064 Barack Obama\u2019s delusional\u2062 ideological beliefs that it\u2019s the\u200c United States to blame\u2062 for the \u200ctensions our\u2062 country has had\u2063 with\u200b Iran going \u200cback to 1979. Not the crazed Ayatollah who took Americans hostage and held them more than\u2062 400 days \u200bor have been killing Americans in \u2063various\u2063 ways and places ever since. But Barack Obama believed\u2062 it was Iran that was\u2063 faulted\u200c by the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are the concerns raised by Senator Cotton\u200d and his colleagues regarding the slogan &#8220;From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free&#8221;?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  SuellaBraverman) October 16, 2023<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The introduction of the resolution by Senator Tom\u200b Cotton highlights the \u2063growing concern over the use \u2062of the slogan \u200b&#8221;From\u200b the River to \u2064the Sea, Palestine will be free.&#8221; This slogan, which has\u2063 gained prominence in recent \u2063years, has been widely interpreted as\u2063 a call for the destruction of Israel\u2062 and the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In his statement, Senator\u2064 Cotton emphasized that \u200bthose who use this slogan, whether consciously \u2063or not, are essentially advocating\u200b for the mass murder of\u2063 Jews. He pointed to the genocidal intent behind the phrase and emphasized that\u2063 no one should escape condemnation for using such a\u200d disgraceful and antisemitic slogan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The resolution introduced by Senator\u200b Cotton also received support from several co-sponsors, demonstrating bipartisan\u200b concern over the issue. Senators from \u200bvarious states, including Tennessee, Wyoming, Alabama, \u200bFlorida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, joined Cotton in condemning the \u2064slogan. This\u200c united front against the use of such\u2064 a hateful expression sends a clear message that there \u2064is \u200cno tolerance for antisemitism in the United States.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The concerns raised by Senator Cotton and his colleagues are not limited to the United States. Conservative British MP Suella Braverman echoed\u200b their sentiment, stressing that the slogan is widely understood as \u2063a demand \u2062for \u2064the destruction of Israel. She highlighted the alarming nature of hearing such \u200ca slogan chanted in public\u200b and emphasized \u200dthat the tolerance of hate has its limits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Braverman also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-staunchly-backs-jewish-claim-to-heartland-of-israel-judea-and-samaria\/\" title=\"DeSantis firmly supports Jewish ownership of Israel's heartland: Judea and Samaria.\">provided historical context<\/a>, explaining \u200cthat\u2062 the slogan was\u2064 dropped by \u2064mainstream Palestinian organizations after the 1993\u200b Oslo Accords, which signaled a shift towards peace. However, it was later adopted by \u200bIslamists, including Hamas,\u200b and continues \u2064to\u2064 be\u200b used as \u2064a staple of antisemitic \u200bdiscourse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The introduction of\u2063 this resolution and the support it has garnered \u200dreflect a growing awareness and\u200d concern\u200c over the rise of antisemitism \u200dand the use\u2063 of hateful rhetoric against Israel. \u2064By condemning \u2064the use \u200dof \u200cthe slogan &#8220;From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free,&#8221; lawmakers and public figures are taking a stand against \u2063hate and sending a message that promoting violence and the destruction \u200bof \u2063a nation is \u200dunacceptable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is crucial\u2062 that these condemnations\u2062 are not only limited to words\u2064 but \u2062also lead to concrete actions to combat antisemitism and promote \u200cpeaceful coexistence. By raising awareness of the hateful nature of this slogan and its implications, \u200dlawmakers are taking an important step in\u200d ensuring \u2063that antisemitism \u2063is not tolerated in\u200b society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As discussions around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continue, it is important to remember that differences of \u200bopinion should be expressed\u2063 through respectful dialogue and diplomacy, \u2064rather than the promotion of hate and violence. The introduction of \u200dthis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-quietly-rebukes-jayapal-over-israel-racist-state-comments\/\" title=\"Schumer discreetly criticizes Jayapal's remarks on Israel as a \"racist state.\"\">resolution serves<\/a> as\u2062 a reminder \u2063that hateful\u2062 slogans and rhetoric\u200b undermine the possibility of finding a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-iran-and-hamas-sense-weakness-in-biden-administrations-middle-east-policy\/\" title=\"Pompeo: Iran and Hamas Sense \u2018Weakness\u2019 In Biden Administration\u2019s Middle East Policy\">peaceful resolution<\/a> and only contribute to further \u2064division and hostility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moving forward, it is hoped that the condemnation of this \u200bantisemitic slogan\u2064 will\u200c encourage individuals and communities to engage in meaningful \u200dconversations and work towards fostering understanding and cooperation. By promoting dialogue and rejecting hate,\u2062 there is a greater chance of achieving \u2064a just and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas GOP member, introduced a Senate resolution denouncing the slogan &#8220;From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.&#8221; Cotton, a strong advocate for Israel and critic of Iran, argues that the slogan promotes harmful intentions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2125971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2125970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2125970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2125970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2125971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2125970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2125970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2125970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}