The slogan “Death to America” appears to be gaining traction among anti-Israel agitators who have swept the nation.
Anti-Israel demonstrations across the country have taken on an anti-American tone in recent weeks, with University of Michigan students taking part in the demonstrations entitled “Ten Anarchist Essays on Palestinian Solidarity in the United States.” A pamphlet was handed out. States,” included a page that said, “Freedom for Palestine means death for America.”
The pamphlet was published as anti-Israel protests continue to gain momentum, leading to multi-day “camps” at some of America’s most elite universities.
But such rhetoric is not limited to college campuses, with similar slogans being chanted in nearby Dearborn, Michigan., At a recent gathering on the last Friday of Ramadan.
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“Freedom for Palestine means death for America,” reads one page of a pamphlet handed out to students at the University of Michigan encampment. (Josh Brown)
“This is why Imam Khomeini, who declared International Al-Quds Day, tells us to pour all of your chants and cries into the heads of America,” said Tarek, a Michigan-based activist with the Hadi Institute. Bazzi said. he said in a video, leading rally participants in chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.”
The protests are part of a growing movement that has spread rapidly since October’s Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, and one expert said it is partly due to wavering support for Israel among Democratic Party leaders. I think so.
“The recent changes in U.S. policy that may be coming…the pressure that Biden is under, and the Democratic Party as well, going from Sen. Schumer to Pelosi, it seems like people who have been very staunch and always pro-Israel are changing direction,” the executive said. Stephen Stalinsky said. The director of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) told Fox News Digital.
The protests have been described as “mostly peaceful,” but demonstrators have been heard chanting anti-Semitic chants and rallying in support of the terrorist organization Hamas. .
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The “Death to America” chant in Dearborn came amid a movement to deny President Biden’s re-election over his handling of the Gaza conflict, with chants like “Listen to Michigan” and “Death to Biden.” More than 100,000 voters supported the bill, which was spearheaded by groups such as “Abandon Me.” He did not support the president in the state’s Democratic primary in February and was “irresponsible” on his ballot.
Earlier this month, Biden spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and threatened to change U.S. policy toward Gaza unless Israel does more to protect civilians during the conflict. It seems that it depends on the department.
Biden cited the need for an “immediate ceasefire,” a long-standing demand of activists in Dearborn, according to a call read by the White House.
After the call, dozens of Democrats followed the president’s lead, with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joining 36 House Democrats in calling for an end to U.S. arms shipments to Israel.
Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Israel to hold new elections to topple Netenyahu, saying the Jewish state “cannot survive if it becomes a pariah.”
Anti-Israel encampment on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 22, 2024. (Josh Brown)
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The White House, Pelosi and Schumer’s offices did not respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
“Listen to Michigan” and “Abandon Biden” congressmen told FOX News Digital that such chants represent minorities in the Dearborn community, including Arabs and Muslims in the area. The majority of the population was peaceful and argued that such chants represented a vocal minority.
The “Death to America” chant was also reprimanded by an imam in the Dearborn area, who told Fox News Digital that he personally confronted a local protester who chanted the slogan.
Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi, the House of Islamic Wisdom, said, “I am absolutely against saying ‘death to America,'” and later said that Muslims in the region “do not do it for the sake of death,” but “for the sake of love.” He added, “Because of that.”
Mohamed Ali Elahi is here (Michael Lee/Fox News Digital)
But Stalinsky, who has spent years documenting instances of extremism emerging from Dearborn, said the evidence suggests there are many in the community with anti-Israel and anti-American views. he claimed.
“There is definitely support for Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran,” Stalinsky said of Dearborn.
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Mr. Stalinsi, Mr. Elahi himself, has long been suspected of having ties to Iran, and as a result nine members of Congress wrote a letter last year to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, and as a result, the U.S. He pointed out that he warned of the Iranian regime’s influence in Islam. Centers such as Elahi’s House of Islamic Wisdom.
Dearborn’s rhetoric in recent weeks has also caught the attention of the Michigan Legislature, with Republican state Rep. Phil Greene telling Fox News Digital that there is “conflict” in the area and “kindness and civility.” There are “just, loving people” as well as “kind, polite, loving people,” he said. “Radical side.”
Greene said the Gaza conflict is now beginning to highlight political divisions on the issue, noting that Republican-led efforts in state legislatures to condemn terrorism failed to pass Democratic majorities.
“Republicans are united in support of Israel. They are also united in support and opposition to all types of terrorism,” Greene said, adding that the Democratic caucus is “divided… They support Israel. I don’t want to,” he pointed out.
Stalinsky said the potential for such a rift has been brewing for a long time, arguing that organizations in Dearborn and on college campuses have long spread anti-Israel and anti-Semitic messages.
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These messages are now being combined by groups that have long identified with progressive narratives of social injustice in the United States, creating a kind of cross-pollination of messages that has manifested itself as anti-American and anti-Israel sentiment.
“These groups influence many ignorant young people,” Stalinsky said. “I think that’s something we really need to worry about, because they’re interacting with a lot of bad actors, especially online, and that’s very dangerous.”
