NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will skip annual parade celebrating Israel but pledges big police presence

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will not attend the annual Israel Day parade due to his support for Palestinian rights, a first in decades of political tradition. He pledged a robust police presence for the event, while Jewish leaders criticized his decision as offensive. Mamdani's office released a video commemorating the Nakba, which some argue excluded context about Jewish displacement during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.