7 Nov 2023

Chlöe Swarbrick on phrase she used at pro-Palestine event

From Morning Report, 7:41 am on 7 November 2023

ACT's leader David Seymour and the Jewish Council of New Zealand are asking Green Party MP Chlöe Swarbrick to explain herself after she used a sentence some say is anti-Semitic.

At a pro-Palestinian rally at the weekend, Swarbrick used the phrase "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free".

The co-founder of Jewish Voice for Peace also used the phrase at the event, and many believe it's a cry for an independent Palestinian state to be formed.

Others believe it's used to call for Israel's destruction.

Swarbrick spoke to Corin Dann.