NYC Israel Day Parade Draws Thousands as Mayor's Historical Absence Sparks Backlash
The parade drew an estimated 50,000 people as city officials said the NYPD deployed its largest security detail ever.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will not attend the annual Israel Day parade on Sunday, breaking a decades-long political custom due to his support for Palestinian rights.
- Two weeks ago, the mayor's office released a video commemorating the Nakba, an Arabic word for "catastrophe" describing the displacement of 700,000 Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
- Rabbi Marc Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, called the decision "a slap in the face" and labeled the video "propaganda," citing concerns it lacked Jewish displacement context.
- Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who is Jewish, will attend the parade, stating, "It is the mayor's decision not to march, and it is my decision to march proudly."
- Shifting public support for Israel among Americans complicates Mamdani's position as the city's first Muslim mayor, though he has pledged to protect Jewish New Yorkers despite his steadfast pro-Palestinian advocacy.
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Mamdani skipped NYC’s Israel Day Parade. Supporters say he missed the point.
NEW YORK (RNS) — Supporters argued the parade was foremost about supporting the New York Jewish community — which has faced escalating antisemitic incidents — rather than the actions of the Israeli government.
Zohran Mamdani has criticized the Israeli government several times before.
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