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[IsraelTimes] Israel Day on 5th, a significant yearly celebration for the region’s Jewish community, features ex-captives and state’s political leadershipSome spectators wept as former Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...hostages marched through New York City on Sunday, while others reached out to shake the ex-captives’ hands or chanted "Bring them home" for the Israelis remaining in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
The former captives and hostages’ families were the spiritual center of the city’s annual pro-Israel parade, called Israel Day on 5th, a major event for the Jewish community that was focused on the plight of the hostages for the second year.
During the march, tens of thousands march down Manhattan’s 5th Avenue, led by the state and city’s politicianship. Marching groups include Jewish nonprofits, non-Jewish allies, dancing troupes, identity groups such as Russian-speaking Jews, and thousands of children from Jewish day schools. Organizers estimated that 50,000 people participated in Sunday’s march.
At the head of the parade, former New York State Governor Andrew
SonnyCuomo
marched alongside Jewish community leaders. Cuomo is the leading candidate to become the city’s next mayor and has made combating antisemitism and support for Israel a central part of his campaign.New York’s politicianship has remained staunchly supportive of Israel despite tensions surrounding the war. New York State Governor Kathy Hochul marched alongside Ruby Chen, the father of Itay Chen, an American-Israel from New York who was killed on October 7 and whose body is held hostage by Hamas.
An array of city and state leaders also marched, including Mayor Eric Adams
...Hizonner da Mare of Noo Yawk. As a Manchurian candidate, Hizonner was all in favor of law and order and that kind of stuff. Once in office, a bunch of his friends found cushy jobs with the city, the windows kept getting broken, and Soros-funded DA Alvin Bragg remained right where he was. Most people comfort themselves with the thought that he's not Bill di Blasio but that's pretty small comfort with kids who actually go to school getting bumped off while standing in front of them. But he's a Dem, so the rubes will vote for him next election too, so he's what they deserve...
, state Attorney General Letitia James, US Reps. Dan Goldman, Jerry
Fester BestertesterNadler
...the Dem New York representative-for-life who stepped whole from a Don Martin drawing in the pages of Mad® magazine, head of the House Judiciary Committee...
, Tom Lawler, Gregory Meeks and Grace Meng, and Sen. Chuck Schumer
...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is NaN years. Senate minority leader as of 2017...
Political leaders repeatedly brought up the hostages in speeches at the start of the march.
"We will not rest until these three words become a reality: Bring them home," Hochul said.
The New York branch of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum advocacy group led a group of hundreds who paraded with Israeli flags and a banner reading "Bring them all home now." Participants held signs that said "58," the number of hostages remaining in Gaza, and wore stickers with the number 590, the number of days they have been in captivity.
They chanted, "We will never stop, you are not alone," and, "Seal the deal."
Released hostage Ilana Gritzewsky and the family members of other hostages including Hagai Angrest, father of hostage Matan Angrest, and Yehuda and Yotam Cohen, father and brother of hostage Nimrod Cohen, were part of the delegation. Nimrod Cohen and Matan Angrest are two of the remaining soldiers held hostage in Gaza.
Gritzewsky, who recently received signs of life from her hostage partner Matan Zangauker, was at the front of the hostage forum bloc.
Standing next to her, Yehuda Cohen said that last week’s release of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, which was negotiated solely by the US, proved that the Israeli government does not care about the hostages, and is only interested in occupying Gaza.
"We hoped that Trump’s visit to Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
this week would yield something else, an end to the war and the return home of the hostages," he said.
"It’s more important to be here than to be in Israel," said Yotam Cohen. "There are more people paying attention here than in Jerusalem."
The hostage delegation at the parade was led by a float carrying released hostages Keith and Aviva Seigel, rescued captive Andrey Kozlov, and the family members of other hostages. Scott Stringer, a Jewish candidate for city mayor and former city comptroller, also marched with the group.
An additional Hostages Forum float in back of the marchers blasted the song, "Am Yisrael Chai," and last year’s Eurovision song, "Hurricane," as onlookers standing several rows deep echoed the call to bring them home.
Keith Siegel, who was freed in February 2025, said he cannot stress enough the horrendous conditions of captivity in Gaza, and noted that he personally knows four people still held in Gaza, mentioning brothers Ziv and Gali Berman, from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, by name.
"Aviva and I are on a mission and we’re doing whatever we can to get them home," he said. "We’re grateful for your support, it’s urgent."
Aviva Siegel, who was released from captivity in the November 2023 truce, thanked the crowd multiple times.
"Keith is home," she said. "I am the lucky one. I know what it feels like being held hostage in Gaza, touching death and being treated in such a brutal way."
Parade organizers also introduced Dani Miran, whose son Omri is still held hostage in Gaza. Delegations from Kibbutz Be’eri and Kibbutz Kfar Aza, two of the hardest-hit communities in the October 7 attack, marched near the start of the parade.
The march mostly retained its festive tone, with day school groups doing choreographed dances and costumed performers playing music.
The event took place under heavy police security. The NYPD used drones, helicopters, canine units and anti-terrorism officers to secure the parade’s route, and police intelligence specialists monitored security video and social media for potential threats.
The parade is a significant show of support for Israel in the city, and a moment of solidarity for the Jewish community, as Jewish New Yorkers continue to deal with the fallout from the October 2023 Hamas invasion of Israel.
The theme for this year was "Hatikvah," meaning "The hope" — the title of Israel’s national anthem.
There are near-daily anti-Israel protests on the city’s streets and college campuses, and the parade acts as a counterweight and a show of force in support of the Jewish state.
There did not appear to be any anti-Israel protesters along the parade route. Last year, a small group of demonstrators gathered on the sidelines of the march. This year, a handful of protesters were turned away from the parade route by coppers, and walked away chanting "Shame on you" at the police.
In addition to the protests, Jews in the city are targeted in hate crimes more than all other groups combined, and anti-Israel rhetoric is graffitied on the streets and rampant on social media.
The annual event is organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, with the support of the UJA-Federation of New York. Organizers strive to keep the march nonpolitical in tone.
The annual parade began in 1965 with an impromptu march by thousands of Zionist youth in support of Israel. JCRC-NY has managed the event since 2011.
...every time you hear the phrase 
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th and 47th President of the United States...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
...Democrat National Committee, where all those off-the-wall talking points originate...
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