NEW YORK – More than 50 marched in solidarity with New York elected officials and community members on Sunday in the Israel Day Parade, hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council. Thousands of supporters lined Fifth Ave. waving Israeli flags and chanting “Bring them home.
” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul marched side-by-side with , along with Republican Congressman Mike Lawler and Republican City Council member Inna Vernikov. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addressed the families as well as Rep.
Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY). Eyal Eshel, the father of Roni Eshel, a soldier who was killed at the base on October 7 and whose body was kidnapped to Gaza – marched down Fifth Avenue holding above his head a massive poster of his daughter.
“She was my eldest. You can see [by the picture,] we remember her smile. It is sad to be here in New York, but it is so nice to see the people that came to support us,” Eshel told “The world needs to remember that on October 7, terrorists and civilians who joined, were part of one big massacre: torture, murder, kidnapping.
It is so beautiful and heartwarming to see all these people,” he added. Yehuda Cohen, father of 19-year-old hostage Nimrod Cohen, said he doesn’t know if marching will budge anything for Hamas. “A month ago, we hoped that with a deal on the table, it would be taken,” Cohen said.
Cohen accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of doing everything to avoid the deal at the last seco.
