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On Sunday, thousands attended New York City\u2019s annual Israel Day Parade, including New York politicians and far right members of the Israeli government. The theme of this year\u2019s parade was \u201cProud Americans, Proud Zionists.\u201d<\/p>\n

The parade comes as the U.S. and Israel wage a joint war on Iran and following more than two years of Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not attend the event, making him likely the first New York City mayor to skip the parade since it was founded in 1965.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have made my views on the Israeli government abundantly clear,\u201d Mamdani said at a news conference on Thursday. Later in his remarks, he announced that it would be the most heavily policed Israel Day parade yet.<\/p>\n

The parade was attended by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch. In the lead-up to the event, Tisch described the parade as \u201cone of the most joyful days of the year.\u201d <\/p>\n

Also participating in the parade were State Attorney General Letitia James and former New York City mayors Michael Bloomberg and Eric Adams. As mayor, Adams \u2013 who has visited Israel multiple times and spoken of an \u201cunbreakable bond\u201d between New York City and Israel \u2014 signed an executive order prohibiting city agencies from boycotting or divesting from Israel, or participating in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. This was revoked by Mamdani in January 2026. <\/p>\n

There was also a \u201crecord-size delegation of Knesset [Israeli parliament] members\u201d taking part in the parade, according to Haaretz<\/em>. These included Israel\u2019s far right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, as well as members of far right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir\u2019s ultranationalist political party, Otzma Yehudit \u2014 which translates to \u201cJewish Strength\u201d or \u201cJewish Power.\u201d Also present were members of the Likud, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s right-wing political party. <\/p>\n

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Smotrich has called for Israel to annex both Gaza and the West Bank. He has described Gaza as a potential real estate \u201cbonanza,\u201d and proclaimed that he wants to divide Gaza\u2019s land and share it with the U.S., citing the U.S.\u2019s assistance throughout the genocide. In 2024, Smotrich complained that \u201cNo one in the world will allow us to starve two million people, even though it might be justified and moral in order to free the hostages.\u201d In other instances, Smotrich said that freeing the hostages was \u201cnot the most important thing\u201d and that it was more important to \u201celiminate the Gaza problem.\u201d He has also declared that victory for Israel means \u201cGaza will be totally destroyed.\u201d <\/p>\n

At the parade, Smotrich said that the event \u201creminds me of the Jerusalem Day Flag March\u201d \u2014 that is, an ultranationalist event celebrating the illegal occupation of Jerusalem in 1967 that is marked by attacks on Palestinians and calls of \u201cDeath to Arabs.\u201d <\/p>\n

Smotrich has been sanctioned for \u201cinciting violence\u201d against Palestinians in the West Bank by countries including the U.K., Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. Smotrich also announced earlier in May that the International Criminal Court at the Hague is planning to issue an arrest warrant against him, though that has not been confirmed. <\/p>\n

The parade included floats of different Zionist organizations \u2014 including the Jewish National Fund, which played a central role in Israel\u2019s \u201cdispossession of Indigenous Palestinians and illegal colonization of Palestinian land\u201d and advocated for the \u201ctransfer\u201d of Palestinians even before the establishment of the state of Israel, according to the Institute for Middle East Understanding. <\/p>\n

Also on display was the flag of the Golani Brigade, an Israeli military battalion that carried out a massacre of 15 Palestinian paramedics in Gaza in March 2025. <\/p>\n

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