Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
I think it's racist as it is interpreted by many Jews as wishing to see the end of the only Jewish state. And under hate crime legislation it is the victim who determines this.

I also think it's a deeply unhelpful chant, that aggravates the situation, takes peace further away and shows that for a minority of people, this isn't about peace or Palestine at all.

It doesn't really surprise me that the usual suspects are okay with it - the same people who seemed to support a certain ex party leader, surprise surprise!

The anti defamation league state here they consider it antisemitic

https://www.adl.org/resources/backgr...e-will-be-free

The American Jewish committee do too

https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/Fr...ver-to-the-Sea

Austria even banned a march based on it

https://www.reuters.com/world/from-r...st-2023-10-11/

Hate crimes rising enormously in the last week.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67241374

How hard is it to march for peace without chanting a chant that many consider racist? Not that hard, is it?
My view is that when it comes to language, intent should be the deciding factor.

I also think the 'race card' (for want of a better term) should be used sparingly if it is to be an effective way to call racists out.

Once we go down the path of 'my group doesn't like you saying this so I will call you racist', it's never going to end well. I think if we were talking about different groups here, you might be making a case from the other direction i.e. free speech.