{"id":2215220,"date":"2024-04-07T22:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T02:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-protesters-yell-death-to-america-in-raging-rally-held-in-rashida-tlaibs-district\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T22:11:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T02:11:05","slug":"michigan-protesters-yell-death-to-america-in-raging-rally-held-in-rashida-tlaibs-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-protesters-yell-death-to-america-in-raging-rally-held-in-rashida-tlaibs-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters in Michigan chant \u2018Death to America\u2019 at rally in Rashida Tlaib&#8217;s district"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-protesters-yell-death-to-america-in-raging-rally-held-in-rashida-tlaibs-district%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The demonstration in\u2063 Dearborn, Michigan for International Quds Day featured\u200d protestors chanting &#8220;Death to America&#8221;\u2063 and &#8220;Death \u200bto\u2062 Israel.&#8221; This\u200b event supports Gaza while opposing Israel&#8217;s perceived occupation of Palestinian territories. Rep. \u200bRashida Tlaib represents\u2064 this district in Congress. The chants and sentiments expressed reflect strong anti-Israel and anti-U.S. views among some protestors in\u2063 the area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Demonstrators at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tx-gov-greg-abbott-boycotting-major-league-baseball-over-georgia-wont-throw-rangers-opening-pitch\/\" title=\"TX Gov. Greg Abbott Boycotting Major League Baseball Over Georgia, Won\u2019t Throw Rangers\u2019 Opening Pitch\">event held<\/a> for International Quds Day shouted \u201cDeath to America\u201d and \u201cDeath to Israel\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Dearborn, Michigan<\/a>, this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>International Quds Day is held to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a> and oppose Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/4\/5\/what-is-al-quds-day#:~:text=Al%2DQuds%20Day%20(or%2C,after%20the%20communal%20Friday%20prayers.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>\u201coccupation\u201d<\/a> of areas considered by the day\u2019s demonstrators to be Palestinian territories. Dearborn, part of Michigan\u2019s 12th Congressional District, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/member\/rashida-tlaib\/T000481#:~:text=Representative%20Rashida%20Tlaib%20(1976%20%2D%20),Congress%202019%20%2D%20Present%20%7C%20Get%20alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>represented in Congress<\/a> by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the only Palestinian American member of Congress and likely also the staunchest supporter of Gaza among both chambers.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., waits to address a group, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo\/Carlos Osorio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cImam Khomeini, who declared the International Al-Quds Day, this is why he would say to pour all of your chants and all of your shouts upon the head of America,\u201d Tarek Bazzi, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-curriculum-is-bludgeoning-black-history-month\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Curriculum Is Bludgeoning Black History Month\">local activist<\/a>, said on Friday in a video shared by the Middle East Media Research Institute. The video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1777124607750983874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appears to cut<\/a> for a moment before chants of \u201cDeath to America\u201d ring out in the background.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Here is an activist leading Muslims in a chant pledging &#8220;Death to America.&#8221; I am not making it up, as it&#8217;s right here on video. I thought it was in Iran, but I was wrong. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s in Dearborn, Michigan, in the United States of America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3k81lp8Mfa\">pic.twitter.com\/3k81lp8Mfa<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1777124607750983874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not Genocide Joe that has to go, it is the entire system that has to go,\u201d Bazzi added, condemning the United States for its support of Israel during the Jewish state\u2019s military campaign in Gaza. \u201cSo when these fools ask us if Israel has the right to exist, the chant \u2018Death to Israel\u2019 has become the most logical chant shouted across the world today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His words were followed by chants of \u201cDeath to Israel,\u201d according to the video.<\/p>\n<p>Dearborn has the largest Muslim population per capita in the U.S. It served as a home for the \u201cuncommitted\u201d vote protest against President Joe Biden in Michigan\u2019s presidential primary, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2922429\/bidens-uncommitted-problem-looks-worse-trump-extends-lead-michigan-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>more than 100,000 voters<\/a> made that choice in opposition to the incumbent Democrat\u2019s response to the war in Gaza. While Biden has met with Muslim and Arab American leaders and even waned in his support for Israel\u2019s government, many of the leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2950752\/biden-forced-scale-back-scope-ramadan-event-after-pushback-muslim-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>have remained unsatisfied<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Eric Suter-Bull holds a Vote Uncommitted sign outside a voting location at Saline Intermediate School for the Michigan primary election in Dearborn, Mich., Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Michigan is the last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-files-paperwork-to-run-for-gop-presidential-nomination\/\" title=\"Miami Mayor Francis Suarez seeks GOP presidential nomination.\">major primary state<\/a> before Super Tuesday and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">critical swing state<\/a> in November\u2019s general election. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/2953937\/bidens-highly-damaging-call-for-immediate-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called on\u00a0Israel<\/a> to adopt an immediate ceasefire with\u00a0Hamas just days before the six-month anniversary of Hamas\u2019s brutal massacre of about 1,100 Israelis on Oct. 7. Biden has been criticized for his action and has faced the wrath of both Republicans wishing for him to be more resolute in his support for Israel and the far-left corner of his party, who wanted him to call for a ceasefire and stop sending weapons to Israel months ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Gaza Health Ministry, which is overseen by Hamas, has stated that more than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel\u2019s campaign since the Oct. 7 attack. <\/p>\n<p>Biden won Michigan by roughly 150,000 votes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-michigan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>in 2020<\/a>, and the state is expected to play a pivotal role this November as well.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During an event for International Quds Day in Dearborn, Michigan, demonstrators shouted \u201cDeath to America\u201d and \u201cDeath to Israel\u201d over the weekend. The day aims to support Gaza and protest Israel\u2019s occupation of territories deemed Palestinian by the participants. 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