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Charlotte Church has claimed that the police have checked on her after she received threats from 'pretty scare people' after she sang 'from the river to the sea' during pro-Palestine protests.

The 38-year-old singer sparked outrage after footage emerged of her singing the controversial chant - which many view as being a direct call for the state of Israel to be destroyed. 

Jewish campaign groups have described the chant as 'genocidal', but Church has insisted that she was 'in no way anti-Semitic'.

The 38-year-old said she 'is not, has never been, and will never be an antisemite', adding: 'I hold the Jewish people in my life very dearly, and have always kept great reverence for Judaism and Jewish culture, since travelling around Israel and Palestine as a teenager.

On Saturday, Church, from Cardiff, marched alongside thousands of protesters in central London calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Charlotte Church, Welsh singer and actress speaks during 'the National March For Palestine' protest in central London on Saturday

Charlotte Church, Welsh singer and actress speaks during 'the National March For Palestine' protest in central London on Saturday

Charlotte Church, pictured in green, led a 100-strong pro-Palestine choir featuring children in singing the 'anti-Semitic' song From The River to Sea last month

Charlotte Church, pictured in green, led a 100-strong pro-Palestine choir featuring children in singing the 'anti-Semitic' song From The River to Sea last month

What does 'From the River to the Sea' mean? 

The song 'From the River to the Sea' is protest chant sung by supporters of Palestine.

In English the full lyrics are 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free', a reference to the land between the Jordan River which borders eastern Israel and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.

The chant has become a battle cry in recent months, commonly heard at pro-Palestine rallies in Britain and across the West.

Many Jewish people see the song as a call for genocide and the abolition of the Israeli state.

The Anti-Defamation League says it is 'fundamentally a call for a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, territory that includes the State of Israel, which would mean the dismantling of the Jewish state'.

It adds: 'It is an antisemitic charge denying the Jewish right to self-determination, including through the removal of Jews from their ancestral homeland.'

However, supporters of Palestine say the chant is a call for peace and equality, and an end to the Israeli dominance over the territories of Gaza and the West Bank.

They argue it is a cry for Palestinian people to be able to live free and equally across the whole region that used to be known as British Palestine, not to dominate the region.

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The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) organised the protest, following Hamas's attack on southern

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