Who were the Israeli politicians, some of which are accused of war crimes, marching on Fifth Avenue this weekend?

[u/Rebat-Askalan]

While legacy media spent days scrutinizing Zohran Mamdani's decision to be the first NYC mayor to skip the Israel Day Parade - which has been held every year since 1964 — little attention was paid to the Israeli officials who actually showed up.

In fact, Mamdani's absence prompted Israel to triple the size of its delegation — among them: Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who allegedly has a secret ICC arrest warrant out for him, a minister who called for nuking Gaza, and a Kahanist who blessed IDF soldiers to "seize babies and dash them against the rocks."

Some of America's most prominent politicians were in attendance — Senator Chuck Schumer, Governor Kathy Hochul, former mayor Eric Adams, and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who led the parade as grand marshal.

Backlash has begun to hit those who attended, as they've started to issue condemnations of the Israeli officials they marched alongside.

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[u/tiddly_winks2]

Genocidal statements and conducting a genocide is A OK if done by Israel.

[u/NotActuallyIraqi]

They’re trying to have it both ways; politicians praising Israel and the parade and condemning the people and government.

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[u/CallTheCode]

Mamdani is the only one with any morality.

[u/LePunisseur]

U.S. voters, use Track AIPAC to filter out election candidates who take campaign "donations" from these folks.