• LaLiLuLuCo@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    The slogan predates Likud. Likud was mocking it, not the other way around. Like 10 years difference if not more.

    It’s always been genocidal and the original Arabic ends with “Palestine is Arab”. 75% of Palestinians in Palestine use it that way. It was also Saddam Hussein’s last words.

    It’s also vaguely an allusion to the Song of the Sea which is a daily Jewish prayer. The song has a strong “drowning people” part.