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On the recordJune 26, 2025
When you hear things like intifada, when you hear things like jihad, when you hear ‘from the river to the sea,’ it is received as ‘slaughter the Jews and destroy Israel,’ period.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Gillibrand claims that certain Arabic phrases incite violence against Jews.

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