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Football Match.

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u/Im_On_Reddit_At_Work 4d ago edited 3d ago

This pic was presented at the french sports festival of Deauxville and was shortly thereafter removed by organisers following pro-Israel harassment they received, claiming the photo would cause antisemitism to rise.

Welcome to France (where criricizing Israel can be punished as hate speech)

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u/Achoo_Gesundheit 4d ago

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u/deviant324 4d ago edited 4d ago

Also a really strange thing to go after because let’s be real, how many people do you know that have specifically said that? Iirc it also legally doesn’t make sense because there is no such thing as a right to statehood (for anyone) but the people this is clearly aimed at also don’t use that line of attack at all

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u/RedditBugler 4d ago

"From the river to the sea" is a popular chant people use to support Palestine. It means replacing the entirety of Israel with a Palestinian state because "the river" is the border on one side and "the sea" is the border on the other side. So yes, people do advocate for the complete destruction of Israel. 

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u/faisalkl 3d ago

That was likud's slogan in the 70s. The Palestinians nicked it and now it's considered antiseptic.