Wes Streeting slammed for linking intifada chant to 'terrorist action'

British Health Secretary Wes Streeting has faced criticism for linking the pro-Palestine protest chant "globalise the intifada" to terrorism. Following an antisemitic attack in Australia, Streeting questioned the meaning of the phrase and suggested a link between such rhetoric and attacks on Jewish people. Pro-Palestine campaigners and some British Jews have strongly denied the chant is antisemitic or a call for violence, explaining that "intifada" is an Arabic word for "uprising" or "to shake off." The debate highlights the different interpretations of the term, which has been used to describe both peaceful civil disobedience and armed resistance in Palestinian history.