To clarify, that phrase is much older than Hamas and has historically been used to refer to the natural borders of historic Palestine as defined in the British Mandate: The Mediterranean Sea and the ...

It's a geographical nod to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and the protracted tensions between Palestinians and Israeli Jews who live there. But what does it actually mean?

The slogan refers to the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea — which includes the state of Israel — and is often followed by a second clause: “Palestine will be free.” ...

The Jordan River is a winding, 200-plus-mile run on the eastern flank of Israel and the occupied West Bank. The sea is the glittering Mediterranean ... official government maps often make no ...

Look at the map below. The Jordan River is on the east (i.e., the right, for those of you who took Woke Geography). The Mediterranean Sea is on the west (i.e., on the left). In between is a land mass.

A map accompanying the slogan depicted — without Israel — all the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Earlier this year, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh again repeated his group ...

The Jordan River is a winding, 200-plus-mile run on the eastern flank of Israel and the occupied West Bank. The sea is the glittering Mediterranean ... official government maps often make no ...

The slogan reflects the geography of that original claim: Israel spans the narrow stretch of land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea ... if it’s not on a map today.’” ...