NYC Mayor Skips Israel Day Parade as Antisemitism Surges to Record Levels

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has broken a 61-year bipartisan tradition by refusing to attend the Israel Day Parade, drawing sharp condemnation from Jewish leaders as antisemitic incidents in the city nearly triple. His absence signals a troubling shift in political solidarity with the Jewish people at a moment when hostility toward Israel and Jews is intensifying globally — a pattern Scripture warns will mark the last days. Zechariah 12:3 warns that all nations will turn against Jerusalem, and the growing isolation of Israel's supporters — even within historically allied cities — reflects that prophesied trajectory.