من النهر إلى البحر
Arabic
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edit- مِنَ البَحْرِ إلَى النَّهْرِ (mina l-baḥri ʔilā n-nahri); مِن نَهْرِهَا إلَى بَحْرِهَا (min nahrihā ʔilā baḥrihā), مِن بَحْرِهَا إلَى نَهْرِهَا (min baḥrihā ʔilā nahrihā)
Pronunciation
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editمِنَ النَّهْرِ إلَى الْبَحْرِ • (mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri)
- (politics) A phrase expressing support for Palestinian self-determination, literally meaning "from the [ Jordan ] river to the [ Mediterranean ] sea", referring to the claim over all of pre-1948 territory of Palestine
- لَنْ نَرْضَى إِلَّا بِتَحْرِيرِ فِلَسْطِينَ مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ.
- lan narḍā ʔillā bitaḥrīri filasṭīna mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri.
- We will not content ourselves with anything but the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea.
Descendants
edit- → English: from the river to the sea (calque)