NEW YORK – On Sunday, June 3rd the NY4Palestine Coalition will demonstrate against the Celebrate Israel Parade to protest the celebration of the wholesale massacres of Palestinians during the past two months and the recent move of the U.S. embassy to Occupied Jerusalem.
The Celebrate Israel parade happens annually in New York City, drawing dozens of Israeli regime officials as well as elected officials from all over New York State. This year will bring the far-right ministers from the Likud party the Minister of Culture and the Minister of Science, Technology and Space, as well as a number of other MKs.
Every year the parade also draws a Palestinian counter-protest, and this year the organizers hope to illustrate the depravity of the parade. While well-to-do socialites and electoral hopefuls march on 5th Avenue in Manhattan to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel, over 119 Palestinians have been brutally killed by Israeli forces since March 30.
The demands of the rally are as follows:
- Right of Return – Demanding an end to the 70 years of ongoing Nakba and the the unconditional Right of Return to their homeland as consistently upheld by the Palestinian people and enshrined in international law;
- Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine – We condemn moving the US embassy to al-Quds. All of Palestine from the river to the sea is Palestinian land.
- We support the Great March of Return in Gaza and their Right to Resist Israel’s illegal siege and blockade along with all Palestinians fighting for liberation.
Below is a partial list of Israeli and American officials who will attend the celebration of the dispossession of Palestine:
Government of Israel Delegation
Miri Regev, Minister of Culture (Likud)
Ofir Akunis, Minister of Science, Technology, and Space (Likud)
MK Shuli Mualem (Bait Yehudi)
MK Oded Furer (Israel Beitenu)
MK Yoel Hasson (Zion Camp)
MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid)
MK Nurit Koren (Likud)
MK Yehuda Glick (Likud)
Yossi Sharabi, Director General of the Ministry of Culture
Vadim Braverman, Adviser to the Director General of Knesset
Yuval Raz, Knesset Staff
American Public Officials
Andrew Cuomo, NYS Governor
Bill de Blasio, NYC Mayor
US Congress Member Dan Donovan
US Congress Member Carolyn Maloney
NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
NYC Public Advocate Letitia James
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark
NYS Senator Joseph Addabbo
NYS Senator Phil Boyle
NYS Senator Leroy Comrie
NYS Senator Brad Hoylman
NYS Senator Liz Krueger
NYS Assembly Member Ed Braunstein
NYS Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz
NYS Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz
NYS Assembly Member Anthony D’Urso
NYS Assembly Member Walter Mosley
NYS Assembly Member Nily Rozic
NYS Assembly Member Helene Weinstein
NYS Assembly Member David Weprin
NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson
NYC Council Member Margaret Chin
NYC Council Member Chaim Deutsch
NYC Council Member Ruben Diaz Sr.
NYC Council Member Mathieu Eugene
NYC Council Member Vanessa Gibson
NYC Council Member Barry Grodenchik
NYC Council Member Yeger Kalman
NYC Council Member Andy King
NYC Council Member Karen Koslowitz
NYC Council Member Rory Lancman
NYC Council Member Stephen Levin
NYC Council Member Mark Levine
NYC Council Member Ritchie Torres
NYC Council Member Mark Treyger
NYC Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez
NYC Council Member Eric Ulrich
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