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Assignment: A slogan and a land, part one

A journey through the contested land between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea

Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last year, the cry 鈥淔rom the River to the Sea鈥 has been heard more and more as a pro-Palestinian slogan. But what river? What sea? And what exactly does the phrase mean? It is the subject of intense controversy. Reporter Tim Whewell travels from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea, across a tiny stretch of land 鈥 just over an hour by car if you don鈥檛 stop - that is perhaps the most argued-over in the world. He goes from the Jordan, through the Israeli settlement of Argaman, the Palestinian herding community of al-Farisiyah and the Palestinian village of Duma, ending up at the Israeli settlement of Shilo. What do people in those places think now and do they have any hope for the future?

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