Greens senator grilled over stance on 'river to the sea' slogan

Sky News Australia's Tom Connell has grilled Greens Senator Dorinda Cox after she admitted to chanting 'from the river to the sea' at multiple pro-Palestine protests.
“I do support and have participated in the chant ‘from the river to the sea’,” Ms Cox told Sky News Australia.
“This is something that I think supporters of Palestine are very clear about and in fact this is sufficient in the way we have this conversation is grounded in peace and freedom."
Mr Connell challenged the Senators’ remarks that the phrase was peaceful.
“This phrase was actually said by Khaled Mashal, the founder and former leader of Hamas and this was part of not wanting Israel to exist, that's not a peaceful phrase at all in that context, is it. Does that give you pause for thought about using it?”, Mr Connell asked.
“Well look I’m not an expert on Middle Eastern history,” Ms Cox said before claiming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had used the phrase himself.

[@user-mc8vs2fq4v]

SHAME on the greens....this smells of 1939 all over again

[@scorpionking4012]

If it’s smell like it , and sound like it, it must be true. Nazi propaganda in our country, shame on this government!!!

[@mariahewitt9787]

"Israel is using the Holocaust as a cover for Genocide " Stephen Kapos, 87 year old Holocaust Survivor.

[@ue5rw]

Well Stephen is an idiot then😂

[@christinemoore8171]

​@@mariahewitt9787oh so one jewish person calls it a genocide and thats now based in fact? There is nothing peaceful about these protests if you want the war to end then protest for hamas to put there weapons down and release hostages.

[@mariahewitt9787]

@@christinemoore8171 Look up Stephen Kapos, he's not alone

[@philliplipple1799]

Senator Cox should be ashamed of herself. Not fit for parliament.

[@kevinmcgeown9727]

the greens party isn't fit for parliament

[@mariahewitt9787]

Stephen Kapos an 87 year old Holocaust Survivor can point you in the right direction. It may surprise you.

[@cavscout7113]

@@mariahewitt9787 Or not.

[@LilithDesdemona666]

@@mariahewitt9787 i know history beter, listen to headpiece of hamas son. The is no philistines, the ARE Arabs .

[@JerryFreeman265]

Not fit to be out of jail

[@natalim4597]

She’s not an expert on the Middle East yet comfortable calling for the eradication of Israel and thinks hers is a peaceful movement- what a joke

[@robertrowe2813]

My thoughts exactly, typical greens protesting things they know nothing about.

[@user-fi1vc2th6b]

She should resign ,acting the victim when she is a perpetrator of racial discrimination against Jewish people.

[@Yaw735]

I agree She fell to the propaganda that Jews are this peeps from Europe. Even though they look like any middle eastern. There are also many white Arabs how come they don’t get accused of been from Europe 🧠

[@Sarah34438]

Shes a communist, because the greens have been infiltrated with Marxists and Communists.

[@sallycent6598]

She is a horrible woman and it is the shame on the people who voted for her.

[@shadowbanned1999]

Personally I don't cate about racial discrimination but she is Politically detrimental to Australia and adding to the downfall. She should resign because she is a incompetent buffoon.

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

Both Israelis and Palestinians chant 'From the river to sea.'

[@mickDBP]

This Senator is truly uninformed & ignorant & GUILTY of spreading mis & disinformation, & should be censored by her own policies as enforced by her own alliance party, PM Labour leader Albenese.

[@edmurks236]

Obviously has NO IDEA what she is talking about just spin spin spin.

[@jjm4633]

"I'm not an expert on middle eastern history" yeah that's obvious.

[@iandodds693]

She seems to have a lot of opinions on it though.

[@millwallholdings]

@@iandodds693 which nobody with a brain cares about

[@yakidin63]

Standard practice. Who protests against something they have no idea about. Greens senators apparently.

[@user-qo8ci2ye6v]

I expect she is not an expert on anything apart from waffle

[@janosfazekas992]

No wonder Australia is in trouble, with this clowns we go backwoods. Shame in everybody who is voting for Green party.

[@JerryFreeman265]

So true. Greens used to be tree huggers. Now hard left Nazis.

[@MitchObriens]

I will never vote greens again.

[@robertrowe2813]

Anyone who votes labor, liberal or greens is voting for the destruction of Australia.

[@cathycaminiti8313]

She supports Hamas

[@DK-nh5nw]

Which is a registered Terrorist organisation under the Crimes act and she is therefore guilty of a crime

[@josephgee143]

So is Mossad links to Epstein.

[@rivkasharon]

I thought the Greens were all about Indigenous rights. The Jews are the Indigenous.

[@NeverAgain316]

They are not experts on Middle East, apparently 🙄

[@jjm4633]

Yeah 1930s all over again. Shame on everyone chanting that.

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

Doe that include the Israelis?

[@mariahewitt9787]

Look into the Israeli Lukud Party 1977 character. "The Greater Israel Project " That's what "from the river to the sea ".means. No Palestine whatsoever.

[@Sarah34438]

​@@turnerfamilyinozifound the commie marxist.

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

The Yinon Plan and Theodore Herzl's statement "the area of the Jewish State stretches "from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates."

[@malungisamaseko3155]

😂😂😂😂 joke of the year. They are manipulative. Jews are perpetrators of hate in the world not the other way round

[@WallsendChook]

Ok she admitted she was dumb !

[@Sarah34438]

Well she is in the Greens.

[@sallycent6598]

She is a dumb and ignorant about many issues.

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

You appear to be a person that can convinced by facts or reason. Both Israelis and Palestinians use that slogan. Why is it wrong when Palestinians and their supporters use the phrase, but not Israelis and their supporters?

[@yotama5727]

@@turnerfamilyinozi Are you even aware, or familiar with the original phrase and it's origin? - "From the river to the sea Palestine will be Arab". Started by the Arabs in the 1st Intifada. Are you ignorant or just a propogandist?

[@WallsendChook]

@@turnerfamilyinozi That is a totally different concept to my comment !

[@WitchDoctor.933]

Typical Green. No idea what shes chanting but just goes along with it. Just like their policies.

[@Sarah34438]

What amazes me is the greens nearly double One Nation with votes 7% compared to 13% for the Greens.

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

Yet both sides chant 'From the river to the sea'. Typical Sky Propaganda viewer who only believes there is one side of an argument.

[@Sarah34438]

​@@turnerfamilyinozigo away commie

[@chadgiga8683]

@@turnerfamilyinozi Example of Israelis chanting the slogan? Haven't seen any footage of this claim.

[@WitchDoctor.933]

​@@turnerfamilyinozi I'm pointing out she THE GREEN MEMBER doesn't know what shes chanting and how Greens Senators just go along with anything. I am not on either side. DH.

[@charliedontsurf4543]

Everybody is significantly dumber after listening to this woman 11 minutes of our time we can never get back ,

[@robynreid21]

So true.

[@JerryFreeman265]

Double speak and lies. Her and Albanese could talk all night and not say one honest statement.

[@jefffoster8859]

Who on earth ever thought this woman had the intelligence required to represent people in our Senate. Ignorantly repeating a phrase because the other protestors were doing it - SHAME

[@user-te7hg1jk3w]

“Well look I’m not an expert on Middle Eastern history,” Maybe you should do your homework then?

[@roadie3124]

Does she have any wisdom on the best way to eat barbecued Jewish babies? That's what she's supporting.

[@user-do5ft8rr6s]

She obviously passed the test needed to become a Greens Senator, slithering under a closed door.

[@Sarah34438]

Also, aboriginal-woman-obese.

[@lindamansell7242]

She and all Greens disgust me They along with Labor and Teals

[@Sarah34438]

Communists

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

Why?

[@millwallholdings]

@@turnerfamilyinozi why not ?

[@johnfarmer7582]

The greens not saying anything about the evil and hatred of Hamas. Turn a blind eye.

[@edmurks236]

Never say anything about the hostages either.

[@MitchObriens]

Need the votes 🗳

[@jordankoop2930]

So she supports Hamas. That’s clear.

[@Bullshit1011]

Yeah she should have a one way ticket to Garza now !

[@juliancowie6249]

She’s absolutely dumb she most have gotten her credentials from a Skippy Cornflakes packet silly bitch

[@josephgee143]

Either Hamas or the Epsteiners.

[@MitchObriens]

Yes for the votes

[@joseph_donovan]

Have the hostages been released yet, Dorinda? Hmm? Notice how she was stumped when asked directly about Hamas!

[@mariahewitt9787]

Israel has the "Hannibal Directive "

[@mariahewitt9787]

Stephen Kapos, 87 year old Holocaust Survivor, can point you in the right direction. It may surprise you.

[@albertconstant203]

What is her origin ?

[@yotama5727]

@@mariahewitt9787 You have no idea what you are talking about. Simply brainwashed, and disgusting. Trying to shift the blame for Hamas. Shame on you

[@yotama5727]

@@mariahewitt9787 Lies. Shame on you.

[@simonmetcalfe861]

She just has no clue as to any historical context.

[@user-gf2tc1wv9t]

its not a genocide, god damn it correct her!!!

[@nigden1]

The interviewer was a wet lettuce.

[@mariahewitt9787]

Stephen Kapos, an 87 year old Holocaust Survivor from Budapest Hungary, believes there is no doubt Israel is committing "Genocide "in Gaza Palestine.

[@beagleboy111]

Correct Only 0.6 % of the population has been killed, that is not Genocide. Before IDF attack any area they are given warnings to leave, If they wanted Genocide they would not do this. when Hamas uses there own People as shields you are going to have deaths. Stop playing Word politics.

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

Then what is it?

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

Yes, they certainly don't want to kill them all. They need millions of Gazans to go to other countries to prompt Aliyah. As Rabbi Toutou said, "Islam is the broom of Europe."

[@dallas184]

The Palestinians aren’t exactly innocent in this due to their actions during October 7 and their treatment on the hostages

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

You do know that Palestine is run by a dictatorship and the average citizen has absolutely zero input into decisions? At least I hope you do.

[@user-ul3ho1cw2l]

She should not be in politics

[@Bullshit1011]

Nah she's perfect, politics = many Leeches 😂

[@chanaheszter168]

She is so ignorant. "Free" in Islamist usage means "Jew free", or in fine WWII Era German: Judenrein.

[@grey_sloth2862]

Another delusional politician.

[@kurjan1]

I honestly found this hard to watch. This individual is an Australian Senator! I have never seen such ignorance from someone reportedly a leader of this country.

[@trg9765]

Yes & anyone who votes for these STUPID PEOPLE should be ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES THESE PEOPLE ARE "NOT" FUT TO SERVE AS POLATITIONS.

[@ham111ham]

To achieve from River to try the Sea peacefully required Israel not to resist the terrorists attack😆

[@Bullshit1011]

And yet that's exactly what happened they stood down their military and let it happen , mosad created hamas wake up

[@arlenesymes3452]

It’s a privilege to live in this country. It’s time Albo put a stop to this nonsense. If we were out there doing this to indigenous we would have been called racist. Man up Albo.

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

What do suggest he should do?

[@millwallholdings]

@@turnerfamilyinozi No Ceasefire

[@Bullshit1011]

He can't man up its not possible for a soy boy😂

[@lindamansell7242]

@@turnerfamilyinozi Nothing cause that’s all he’s good at! Spineless sh.t

[@daveevans4260]

is there a greens party in Gaza , maybe the greens could go there.

[@nicoleenviljoen8810]

There is NO GENOCIDE

[@emalebrian]

The only genocide was what happened was in Israel on 7th October. Cox needs to GO.

[@msinbalony]

Do you think she actually read the ICJ ruling? .. I mean, by her own admition she knows nothing about the Middle East but feels very comfortable parroting genocidal chants, so we already see her approach to accuracy and professionalism. Whata joke.

[@shaneburns4349]

she's no Jacinta, and the greens should be ashamed of themselves for putting her in this position.

[@nicoleenviljoen8810]

Oh get rid of Cox!!!!!

[@_Sammy_J]

Every loss of life is tragic. Palestinian children deserve better than to be used as soldiers for Hamas every 10 years. The least the protestors can do is abandon Hamas ideology & not chant their slogans. They're not helping Palestinians at all.

[@deanbarnett8538]

From the river to the sea actually means the eradication of the Jewish state and the Jewish people. But in her interpretation. Imagine this.... A young man and his brother were saved from a terrible fate by the British navy. He was fostered by a good family who gave him all the opportunities and advantages that most immigrants could only dream about. This young man decided to show his gratitude and took a long time plotting and planning how to show his gratitude. He did show that gratitude at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. The Manchester bomber folks! Killing and injuring many mothers and daughters! Now times that young man by two thousand and this is very worrying.

[@Blake4216]

Nothing peaceful about the river to the sea statement

[@Truffles069]

She' not an expert on Mid-East history.. thats obvious.. listening to her made me dumber..

[@deanhall6045]

Wow, the level of ignorance is absolutely astounding. "Splitting hairs over words" is when your interview should have ended. We tolerate stupid politicians, but when stupid becomes dangerous,..... she is so totally oblivious to the facts around what she is supporting. An excellent example of sheer ignorance. Again, wow.

[@LMT100]

If your not an expert on Middle eastern issues why get involved its best to keep your mouth shut you dont represent me

[@dominicpelle7841]

Well done Tom... she was avoiding the phrase, as if it had two meanings.

[@jackkennedy70]

"From the river to the sea, Israel will be Palestinian free"

[@harrytroy685]

What Planet is she from?

[@andrewmarsh2657]

Not sure, but I hope she's getting homesick 😂

[@sarini44]

What a train wreck the Greens are becoming....

[@billybaxter6333]

Don’t start a war then.

[@brettsantini9854]

Don't use the word Genocide!

[@turnerfamilyinozi]

Why?

[@mariahewitt9787]

Stephen Kapos, an 87 year old Holocaust Survivor from Budapest Hungary, believes there is no doubt that Israel is committing Genocide in Gaza.

[@mariahewitt9787]

And comments disappear if you tell the truth.

[@mariahewitt9787]

Look up Stephen kapos Holocaust Survivor....

[@mariahewitt9787]

Stephen Kapos can point you in the right direction.

[@Bushkaboo]

How about she wave an Australian Flag for once if she's talking about peace and unity?

[@MarkForbes-dr4ie]

None of them will speak directly against Hamas.

[@Crave404]

Omg she is so ignorant!

[@australianknifemagazine2764]

Completely ignorant to the issue but happy to jump on the bandwagon - regardless of what it represents!

[@hmmmmmm69]

Rent-a-crowd

[@brettsantini9854]

Play stupid games win stupid prizes!

[@ObiePaddles]

‘Let’s not split hairs on language’. When one interpretation of from the river to the sea means Israel dos not exist, that is pretty important.

[@dtbhkoh6575]

Oh gosh, never knew Australian politicians could be so ignorant.

[@adrianmoses3420]

You didnt condemn Hamas

[@archiekabooom2928]

Our country is stuffed because of politicians like her

[@gunzel5126]

Bibi Netanyahu did not say "From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free". The English translation of what he say last January was: “And therefore I clarify that in any other arrangement, in the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea.”. Considering Hamas's massacre of Jews on 7 October, I can quite understand his comment.

[@althomas6045]

from the river... "splitting hairs on the language."

[@brucerobinson3715]

Chanting river to the sea and supporting a terrorist organisation is not being peaceful it’s HATE SPEECH

[@amirhassanmonajemi9573]

Firstly, Australia is 10000km away from Ghaza. Australia hasn't got any military connection with Israel. Secondly, That lady repeats some words like freedom and peace and civilians over and over. So, how from river to the sea can bring peace and freedom to anybody? Then she says she dont know the middleast, so how ... anyway, leave it.

[@Sylva_Mekus7779]

This lady, wherever she comes from, is protesting for what she does not a know and should ashamed of herself.

[@bellejardins7915]

We stand with Israel

[@perry1234561]

Where is her condemnation of hamas. She ignores the question and only wants to blame Israel for trying to prevent another slaughter. She and her party are not green they are red

[@OzTrump11]

Traitor

[@frankmoylan7168]

Her ignorance is astounding.

[@MrGettysburg44]

She is "not an expert on Middle Eastern History" yet spouts this tripe as fact....

[@gaylesherburn6726]

What happened to the villification laws ?

[@user-ul3ho1cw2l]

Why doesn't she talk to the Jewish community leaders

[@rosielynmurphy892]

So the lady was manhandled by the police and has the hide to complain not knowing if she may of misgendered her opponents. What a hide!

[@lintonfafie8259]

She openly admits she’s not educated on the history of the Middle East but she’ll chant ‘from the river to the sea’! She wants peace but she won’t call for the release of the hostages. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@MarkForbes-dr4ie]

It's ok to advocate for peace and freedom, but don't pick a side what a joke.

[@conradking7152]

She's been educated on the antisemitic phrase yet defends the use of the phrase and sidelines the hamas questions? This is wilful ignorance and does not belong in governance.

[@davidcooks2379]

Nothing gives her pause for thought, she is not familiar with the process

[@Josh-ig2pq]

Palestinians seeking peace...😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@edmurks236]

😅🤣😂

[@polw3785]

It’s like October 7th never happened with these people!!

[@magsathome65]

So what has this got to do with green issues🤔

[@johnd87]

America has Marjorie Taylor Greene. We have this Greens senator. Sad isn't it.

[@Trotters10]

Can this woman really be so dense and uninformed.

[@mutzneeds]

Why does people protest here in this country

[@Sarah34438]

Attention. And it's Marxists using this to trash society.

[@MarkForbes-dr4ie]

They all want their 15mins of fame,

[@blox82]

BIMBO

[@merltope76]

Your country and its people come first.

[@howieb3344]

Painful to watch. She will not admit that hamas is the problem. All blame goes to Israel. Israel responds to rockets raining down, hamas launches from hospitals and school yards.

[@pommiebears]

Disgusting! Absolutely disgusting.

[@scripps656]

"Splitting hairs"...words matters...She supports Hamas...

[@MustAfaalik]

Clearly her excuse for her ignorance of Israel's origin & the Gaza conflict can be attributed to her self declared " I am not an expert in Middle East affairs". What a joke!

[@user-jx4uf1ko2u]

Talking about green, did she know Hamas destroyed all the well-developed agri-tech greenhouses left by Israel when they withdrew from Gaza and were given to the Palestinians?

[@lauren8563]

Typical politician! Says a lot about what she wants to but nothing directly answering the interviewer's questions. He was persistent but she continued to evade his questions.

[@MickeyDC-om3pv]

Calling for genocide is a crime. She needs to be charged with hate crimes. saying she wants to protest in a peaceful way where genocide is called for is a great hypocrisy.

[@raymondstafford8603]

This woman has no idea.

[@womenlifefreedom2024]

Good people denounce Hamas. Bad people dont. It's a matter of integrity. Protest peacefully. If you protest for Hamas, you don't deserve anything. She has no proof of what she said happened. She wants to talk her way into being a victim. Give them no quarter.

[@djlow2398]

We really need people who aren't psychopathic narcissists climbing the power ladder.

[@dgrays2800]

shes hiding something

[@wrj888]

she has no idea

[@stuartnoble7895]

just another waste of taxpayer funds

[@sirreynolds1681]

Another professional victim on so many levels

[@greenhills7404]

Peace includes ensuring Israel is safe and not attacked again!

[@paulroberts665]

What about what you think is about what you know you know nothing

[@Rob_Walker.]

The green party in the UK too. Watch the Bradford bunch on here. The greens are not for environmental issues they have other plans in hand .

[@Trotters10]

Absolutely, it’s a disgrace what is happening and we just stand idly by!

[@jittmet7766]

The claim that Netanyahu has said it is a common lie claimed by these bigots. he has used a similar - not the same - term in describing Israel. he has never used the exact Hamas chant in any context.

[@POME_since_2008]

Right there is how any sane person should realise the greens have lost the plot, never had the plot. Complete an utter loons top to bottom! Always have been, always will be. 'I am not an expert on middle Eastern history, but........'. '('River to the sea') - Splitting hairs over language'..... ?????? We need to introduce basic (11 year old) IQ tests for anyone in politics. Never thought geography was that important until now.... Liebour no better. LNP have sht candidates - what do we do????

[@albertconstant203]

That interviewer is too weak