For some, the slogan “Free Palestine” might signal support for Palestinian Arab national self-determination alongside Israel. Yet for others, this chant advocates for the removal of Jews from the entirety of their ancestral homeland, Judea, the very place from where the word “Jew” derives. “Free,” by this definition, means free of Jews. The slogan itself does not specify which vision it endorses. That ambiguity is part of its power.






