‘Death to America’ is quickly emerging as a key slogan of anti-Israel agitators in the US.

The “Death to America” ​​slogan is apparently gaining traction among anti-Israel agitators who have spread across the country.

The anti-Israel demonstrations that have spread across the country have taken on an anti-American tone in recent weeks, and University of Michigan students participating in the protests received pamphlets titled “10 Anarchist Theses on Palestinian Solidarity in the United States.” . United States,” which included a page that said, “Freedom for Palestine means death for America.”

The pamphlets arrive as anti-Israel protests have continued to gain strength, leading to multiple multi-day “camps” at some of the most elite colleges and universities in the United States.

But that rhetoric hasn’t been limited to college campuses: Similar slogans were chanted in nearby Dearborn, Michigan., during a recent demonstration on the last Friday of Ramadan.

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“Imam Khomeini, who declared International Al-Quds Day, that’s why I would say pour out all your chants and all your shouts on the head of the United States,” Tarek Bazzi, a Michigan-based activist associated with the institute Hadi. he said in a video before leading rally attendees in chants of “Death to America” ​​and “Death to Israel.”

The protests have spread at a rapid pace since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel in October, becoming part of a growing movement that one expert says can be attributed in part to wavering support for Israel among mainstream Democrats.

“The recent change in possible American policy… the pressure that Biden is under, and then also the Democrats who are moving from Senator Schumer to Pelosi, people who have been very unconditional, always pro-Israel, seem to be turning” said Steven Stalinsky, the executive. he the director of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) told Fox News Digital.

While the protests have been described as “mostly peaceful”, participants in the demonstrations have been heard chanting anti-Semitic chants or demonstrating in support of the terrorist group Hamas.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

“We are Hamas!” At a recent demonstration, protesters at Columbia University in New York City were heard chanting.

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The “Death to America” ​​chants in Dearborn came amid a movement to deny President Biden’s reelection over his handling of the conflict in Gaza, with organizations like “Listen to Michigan” and “Abandon Biden” leading a charge that saw more than 100,000 voters mark “uncommitted” on their ballots instead of supporting the president in the state’s Democratic primary in February.

Biden appeared to respond to some of that pressure earlier this month, holding a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which the president threatened a change in U.S. policy toward Gaza if Israel does not do more to protect the civilians during the conflict.

Biden noted the need for an “immediate ceasefire,” according to a White House readout of the call, a long-standing demand from activists in Dearborn.

Dozens of Democrats followed the president’s lead after the call, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., joined 36 House Democrats in calling for a halt to U.S. arms shipments to Israel.

Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Israel to hold new elections to defeat Netenyahu, saying the Jewish state “cannot survive if it becomes a pariah.”

The anti-Israel camp is shown on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 22, 2024. (Josh Brown)

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The White House and the offices of Pelosi and Schumer did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Representatives from Listen to Michigan and Abandon Biden told Fox News Digital that such chants represent a minority of the Dearborn community, arguing that the majority of the area’s largely Arab and Muslim population is peaceful and that such chants represent a vocal minority.

The “Death to America” ​​chants were also rebuked by a Dearborn-area imam, who told Fox News Digital that he had personally confronted a local protester chanting the slogan.

“I am absolutely against saying ‘Death to America,'” said Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi of the House of Islamic Wisdom, later adding that Muslims in the area “are not in favor of death,” but of “love”.

Mohammad Ali Elahi seen here (Michael Lee/Fox News Digital)

But Stalinsky, who has spent years documenting cases of extremism arising in Dearborn, argued that such evidence suggests the community is home to many with anti-Israel and anti-American views.

“There is definitely support for Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran,” Stalinsky said of Dearborn.

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Stalinksy noted that Elahi himself has long been suspected of having ties to Iran, prompting nine members of Congress to write a letter last year to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines warning of the influence of the Iranian regime in the United States. Centers, including the House of Islamic Wisdom of Elahi.

The rhetoric coming out of Dearborn in recent weeks has also caught the attention of the Michigan legislature, with Republican state Rep. Phil Green telling Fox News Digital that the area is “conflicted” and contains “kind, kind, and kind individuals.” lovers”, as well as a “radical side.

Green said the conflict in Gaza has now begun to highlight a political divide on the issue, noting that a Republican-led effort in the state legislature to condemn terrorism had failed to pass the Democratic majority.

“Republicans are united in our support for Israel. We are also united in our support or opposition to any type of terrorism,” Green said, noting that the Democratic caucus “is divided…they don’t want to support Israel.”

The possibility of such a split has been brewing for a long time, Stalinsky said, arguing that organizations in Dearborn and on college campuses have long spread anti-Israel and anti-Semitic messages.

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Those messages have now been combined by groups that have long been sympathetic to progressive narratives about social injustices in the United States, creating a kind of cross-pollination of messages that has manifested itself in anti-American and anti-Israel sentiments.

“These groups are influencing many young, ignorant Americans,” Stalinsky said. “I think that’s something we really need to worry about, because they’re mixing with a lot of bad guys, especially online, and that’s a big danger.”