Death to Israel

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"Death to Israel"{{efn|{{langx|fa|مرگ بر اسرائیل}}; {{langx|ar|الموت لإسرائيل}}; {{langx|he|מוות לישראל}}}} (also "Down with Israel") is a political slogan against Israel, which is also used in Iran

{{cite web

|url = https://donya-e-eqtesad.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-62/3883169-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7

|title = تحلیل نیکی هیلی از شعار "مرگ بر آمریکا" و "مرگ بر اسرائیل" ایرانی‌ها

|trans-title = Nikki Haley's analysis of the Iranian slogans "Death to America" and "Death to Israel"

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|access-date = 17 October 2024

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{{cite web

|url = https://unikanews.com/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF/

|title = ما در ایران شعار «مرگ بر اسرائیل» می‌دادیم ولی رؤیای آزادی داشتیم

|trans-title = In Iran, we chanted "Death to Israel", but we dreamed of freedom

|language = fa

|access-date = 17 October 2024

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{{cite web

|url = https://arabi21.com/story/1470876/%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2

|title = قتيل باحتجاجات زاهدان الإيرانية.. ومظاهرات تندد بهجوم شيراز

|trans-title = One killed in Iranian Zahedan protests.. and demonstrations denounce Shiraz attack

|language = ar

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

{{cite web |date=15 July 2022 |title=When Iran Says 'Death to Israel,' It Means It |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/joe-biden-middle-east-israel-iran/670530/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}

and other countries such as Iraq

{{cite web

|url = http://irdiplomacy.ir/fa/news/2006913/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%AA%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AD-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C

|title = شعار مرگ بر اسرائیل در اعتراضات عراق / تاکید الفتح بر دخالت کشورهای غربی-عربی

|trans-title = The slogan of death to Israel in Iraqi protests / Fatah's emphasis on the intervention of Western-Arab countries

|language = fa

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

and Mexico.

{{cite web |title='Death to Israel' daubed on Mexico City embassy during protest |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/death-to-israel-daubed-on-mexico-city-embassy-during-protest-israel-summons-envoy/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=The Times of Israel |language=en}}

{{cite web

|url = https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/8245482/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%B3%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%B1%DA%98%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B5%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C

|title = شعار «مرگ بر اسرائیل» مقابل سفارت رژیم صهیونیستی در مکزیکوسیتی

|trans-title = The slogan "Death to Israel" in front of the Zionist embassy in Mexico City

|language = fa

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

Every year, Iranian pilgrims sing the slogan of "death to Israel" during the Hajj rituals and the ceremony of disavowal of polytheists.

{{cite web

|url = https://fa.alalam.ir/news/3733216/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B2

|title = شعار "مرگ بر آمریکا" و "مرگ بر اسرائیل" حجاج ایرانی در مراسم برائت از مشرکین

|trans-title = "Death to America" and "Death to Israel" chanted by Iranian pilgrims during the ceremony of acquittal

|language = fa

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

{{cite web

|url = https://www.isna.ir/news/1403021712137/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%AC-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA

|title = برائت در حج امسال همان شعار مرگ بر اسرائیل است

|date = 7 May 2024

|trans-title = Acquittal in this year's Hajj is the slogan of death to Israel

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|access-date = 17 October 2024

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This slogan is especially chanted against Israel by demonstrators on Quds Day and is often accompanied by the burning of the Israeli flag.

{{cite web

|url = https://alresalah.ps/post/259351/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA-%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A

|title = "الموت لإسرائيل" هتاف الملايين بإيران في يوم القدس العالمي

|date = 29 April 2022

|trans-title = "Death to Israel" chanted by millions Iranian on International Quds Day

|language = ar

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

This slogan has also been used in the atmosphere of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran.

{{cite web |title=Iranian officials chant 'death to America, death to Israel' in government body |url=https://cufi.org/issue/iranian-officials-chant-death-to-america-death-to-israel-in-government-body-watch-the-video/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |language=en}}

In the film released from Iran's missile exercise during Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency, the slogan "Death to Israel" was written on ballistic missiles that were fired at replicas. This slogan in Iran does not mean a mere political slogan, but an expression of the vision of the Iranian government towards Israel's current in the region.

{{cite news |title=Iran anniversary marchers chant 'death to Israel' amid regional tensions over Gaza |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-anniversary-marchers-chant-death-israel-amid-regional-tensions-over-gaza-2024-02-11/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |newspaper=Reuters |language=en}}

Other uses

= Houthi movement =

File:Slogan of the Houthi Movement.svg in Yemen is as follows: "God is greater, Death to America, Death to Israel, curse to the Jews, victory to Islam."]]

The slogan of the Houthis, the Shiite rebel group in Yemen, which Iran also supports,

{{cite web |title=With Arms for Yemen Rebels, Iran Seeks Wider Mideast Role |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/world/middleeast/aiding-yemen-rebels-iran-seeks-wider-mideast-role.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=The New York Times | date=15 March 2012 |language=en | last1=Schmitt | first1=Eric | last2=Worth | first2=Robert F. }}

is "God is greater, death to America, death to Israel, curse to the Jews, victory to Islam".

{{cite magazine |date= |title=Yemen's 'Death to America' rebels bring calm to northern Yemen |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/1028/Yemen-s-Death-to-America-rebels-bring-calm-to-northern-Yemen |access-date=17 October 2024 |magazine=Christian Science Monitor |language=en}}

{{cite web

|url = https://www.adengad.net/news/646204

|title = الكاف: بيان مجلس الأمن الدولي في غاية الأهمية لكن الحوثيين ضربوا كل القرارات الدولية عرض الحائط

|trans-title = Al-Kaf: The UN Security Council statement is very important, but the Houthis have ignored all international resolutions

|language = ar

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

{{cite web

|url = https://garbnews.net/news/s/18958

|title = حقيقة شعار الموت لأمريكا الموت لإسرائيل

|trans-title = The truth about the slogan Death to America Death to Israel

|language = ar

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

This slogan is also one of the slogans used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

{{cite web

|url = https://janoubia.com/2022/10/14/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA/

|title = الترسيم و«خرافة» الانتصار .. والشعارات!

|trans-title = Demarcation, the “myth” of victory... and the slogans!

|language = fa

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

Tariq Alhomayed believes that the slogan of death to Israel in the Arab world has lost its function and holding reconciliation agreements between the Arab countries of the region with Israel is proof of this claim.

{{cite web

|url = https://elaph.com/Web/NewsPapers/2022/10/1487816.html

|title = جائزة نوبل للأوهام

|date = 5 October 2022

|trans-title = Nobel Prize for Illusions

|language = ar

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

This slogan, as one of the symbols of hatred against Israel, has been noticed by the rulers of the Middle East region.

{{cite web |title='Death to Israel, death to America': Iran marks anniversary |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/death-to-israel-death-to-america-iran-marks-anniversary-of-1979-embassy-takeover/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=The Times of Israel |language=en}}

Reactions

= Opponents =

Nikki Haley, the former representative of the United States in the United Nations, in a tweet, considered this slogan, along with the slogan of death to America, as a reason to oppose Iran. She believes that Iran is looking for nuclear weapons and is seeking to realize these two slogans. Akram Meknes, one of the Arabic language writers, considers the slogan of death to Israel as an erosion slogan that does not convince even children these days and has lost its effectiveness.

{{cite web

|url = https://elaph.com/Web/NewsPapers/2022/10/1490430.html

|title = ما بني على باطل فهو باطل

|date = 29 October 2022

|trans-title = What is built on falsehood is falsehood

|language = ar

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

Karim Sadjadpour considers the slogan of death to America, along with death to Israel, as well as the hijab, to be the main foundations of the Islamic Republic of Iran's ideology, which remains for them in the 2020s.

{{cite web

|url = https://ar.qantara.de/content/%D9%87%D9%84-%D9%8A%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%9F-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-2022-%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A

|title = هل یصمد النظام الإیرانی؟: احتجاجات إیران ۲۰۲۲ نسخة من انتفاضات الربیع العربی

|trans-title = Will the Iranian regime survive?: Iran’s 2022 protests are a copy of the Arab Spring uprisings

|language = ar

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

Benjamin Netanyahu, referring to this slogan, considers it a proof of the radical atmosphere ruling in Iran.

{{cite web |date=19 October 2022 |title=Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the current state of the Middle East |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-on-the-current-state-of-the-middle-east |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=PBS |language=en}}

File:Sacred Defence Week parade, 2017, in Tehran (0019).jpg

= Supporters =

According to the Islam Quest website, this slogan is permissible due to the "tyranny of the Israeli government".

{{cite web

|url = https://www.islamquest.net/fa/archive/fa14136

|title = آیا شعار مرگ بر آمریکا، باعث هتک حرمت و ناراحتی حداقّل تعدادی مردم مسلمان و با ایمان در این کشور نمی‌شود؟

|trans-title = Doesn't the slogan of death to America insult and upset at least a number of Muslims and people of faith in this country?

|language = fa

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

Ali Al Bukhaiti, the former spokesman and the official media face of the Houthis, said: "We really do not want anyone's death. This slogan is only against the intervention of those governments [i.e. the United States and Israel]."

{{cite web |date=9 February 2015 |title=Rise of the Houthis |url=https://www.newsweek.com/photo-essay-rise-houthis-305511 |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}

Ali Khamenei also considered this slogan as the "slogan of the Iranian nation" and does not consider it specific to one of the Iranian cities.

{{cite web

|url = https://allisrael.com/tehran-s-doomsday-theology-last-night-on-the-rosenberg-report-i-explored-iran-s-apocalyptic-genocidal-eschatology

|title = Tehran's Doomsday Theology: Last night on "The Rosenberg Report," I explored Iran's apocalyptic, genocidal eschatology

|date = October 2022

|trans-title = روز رستاخیز در تهران: شب گذشته در «گزارش روزنبرگ»، آخرالزمان و نسل کشی ایران را بررسی کردم.

|language = en

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

Masoud Jazayeri, the spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces, also claimed in an interview that: "Cries of death to America, death to England, death to Israel, etc. did not arise overnight; That by saying this reason and that reason, it should be removed from the political discourse of nations wounded by imperialism and arrogance and domination regimes."

{{cite web

|url = https://farsnews.ir/Fars_Plus/1440242940000620075/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%C2%AB%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%C2%BB-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A2%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%B0%D9%81-%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AF

|title = شعار «مرگ بر آمریکا» در ایران یک شبه ایجاد نشده که کسی بخواهد آن را حذف کند

|trans-title = The slogan "Death to America" was not created overnight in Iran that anyone wants to remove

|language = fa

|access-date = 17 October 2024

}}

Margins

Habibah Jaghoori, a student of the University of Adelaide and the editor of that university's student magazine, was fired from the magazine after publishing an anti-Zionist article titled "Death to Israel".

{{cite web |title=Australian university student magazine calls for 'death to Israel' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/australian-university-student-magazine-calls-for-death-to-israel/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=The Times of Israel |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Australian University Magazine Editor Fired After Writing 'Death to Israel' |url=https://www.jewishexponent.com/australian-university-magazine-editor-fired-after-writing-death-to-israel/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Student magazine editor at Australian university fired for writing 'death to Israel' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/student-magazine-editor-at-australian-university-fired-for-writing-death-to-israel/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=The Times of Israel |language=en}} That article contains the following content:

{{Blockquote

|text=The solution to achieving peace and establishing justice for Palestine is to demand the destruction of Israel.{{br}}

Free Palestine and death to Israel.

|author=Jaghoori, as quoted by The Times of Israel

}}