A Chicago alderwoman in a management place repeated the phrase “From the River to the ocean, Palestine will likely be free,” on social media Thursday morning.
Chicago Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, chairwoman of town council’s Committee on Well being and Human Relations, made the feedback on X, previously referred to as Twitter.
The phrase “From the river to the ocean! Palestine will likely be free” has been chanted by pro-Palestinian supporters, however has been used extra incessantly since Hamas terrorists killed 1,400 folks throughout its Oct. 7 assault in Israel.
Most lately, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was censured for her use of the phrase, as many fellow Democrats harshly criticized her.
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Chicago Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez, chairwoman of town council’s Committee on Well being and Human Relations, made the feedback on X, previously referred to as Twitter, on Thursday morning. (Metropolis of Chicago)
“This phrase means eradicating Israel and Jews. Interval. Dressing it up in a brand new PR ploy received’t change that,” Michigan Democrat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz mentioned. “Solely a return of hostages, eliminating Hamas and liberating Gaza from oppressive terror will save civilian lives and safe the peace, justice and dignity you search.”
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., mentioned the phrase is “a name for the tip of Israel as a Jewish State.”
“That these phrases seem within the founding constitution of Hamas tells you the whole lot that you must find out about its which means,” Torres wrote on X.
Rodriguez-Sanchez would later push again on criticism for her use of the phrase.
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Rockets into Israel from Gaza Strip (Pictures Majdi Fathi/TPS)
“Ppl offended abt a slogan that speaks to the liberation of colonized ppl whereas they watch Israel commit genocide, bomb civilians, leaving ppl of all ages from infants to aged dismembered is a few intense gaslighting. Over 10K killed & many extra misplaced beneath rubble. Go discover your soul,” she mentioned in a follow-up X put up.
The alderwoman was appointed to her management place by Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson, whose workplace did not reply to a request for remark from Fox Information Digital.
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Israel’s navy says this picture reveals its troops working contained in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 5. (Israel Protection Forces through AP)
Fox Information Digital additionally reached out to Rodriguez-Sanchez’s workplace for remark.
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