Democrats split on Israel parade as Mamdani keeps promise to skip event

Chuck Schumer, the Senate minority leader, speaks at the Israel Day parade in New York on Sunday. Photograph: Milo Hess/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

As they have done for decades, prominent members of the Democratic party establishment marched on Sunday in New York City’s annual Israel Day parade. Perhaps more noteworthy, however, was who was missing.

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York City, refused to attend, citing his opposition to the Israeli government, which he has accused of committing genocide in Gaza.