from the river to the sea

The story

1. Hebrew · derived fromבֵּין הַיָּם לַיַּרְדֵּֽן“between the [Mediterranean] Sea and the Jordan [River]”
2. Arabic · calque ofمِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ“from the [[[Jordan]]] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea”
3. English todayfrom the river to the sea

A calque of Arabic مِنَ ٱلنَّهْرِ إِلَى ٱلْبَحْرِ (mina n-nahri ʔilā l-baḥri, “from the [[[Jordan]]] River to the [Mediterranean] Sea”), popularized among Palestinians by the Palestine Liberation Organization; from Hebrew בֵּין הַיָּם לַיַּרְדֵּֽן (ben ha-Yám la-Yardén, “between the [Mediterranean] Sea and the Jordan [River]”), as seen in the platform of the right-wing Zionist Likud party in 1977; both phrases refer to the geography of historic Palestine.