{"id":327594,"date":"2026-06-03T07:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=327594"},"modified":"2026-06-05T05:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:43:15","slug":"thousands-of-new-yorkers-just-attended-a-nazi-parade-for-israel-and-other-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=327594","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Of New Yorkers Just Attended A Nazi Parade For Israel, And Other Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a delegation of Israeli ministers at the annual Israel Day parade, Sunday<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Caitlin Johnstone \u2013 Caitlin\u2019s Newsletter June 2, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=se35BfvzeEY\">Reading by Tim Foley<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/se35BfvzeEY?si=y6gLC7XGFuEGQhSb\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/7k9YX\">far right Israeli ministers attended<\/a> New York City\u2019s Israel Day Parade on Sunday, including Israel\u2019s genocidal finance minister <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bezalel_Smotrich\">Bezalel Smotrich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Smotrich is ideologically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YGU8lSXE5cI\">not significantly different<\/a> from a Nazi. Which means New York City just hosted a Nazi parade that was attended by thousands of people.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Israel Day Parade in NYC: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and other far-right Israeli lawmakers and American politicians march on Fifth Avenue<\/p>\n<p>NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani decided to skip the event | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Etanetan23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Etanetan23<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8lARnXk4yy\">pic.twitter.com\/8lARnXk4yy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/haaretzcom\/status\/2061158092276953355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New York officials are <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/infinite_jaz\/status\/2061557892507902304\">acting shocked and appalled<\/a> by Smotrich\u2019s appearance at the march, but \u201cI can\u2019t believe there were Israeli officials at the Israel parade\u201d is kind of a hard sell. This is just what supporting Israel looks like: standing shoulder to shoulder with genocidal extremists and making common cause with them. That\u2019s what Israel is.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Americans are growing concerned about the latest Israeli military nightmare, which of course means it\u2019s time for Axios to publish another article telling them the president has got it all under control.<\/p>\n<p>The latest Axios narrative management op is titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260601223847\/https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-netanyahu-israel-lebanon-call\">Trump fumes at Netanyahu in call on Lebanon<\/a>,\u201d claiming the president admonished the Israeli prime minister that he is \u201cfucking crazy\u201d over Israel\u2019s escalation in Lebanon, saying \u201cYou\u2019d be in prison if it weren\u2019t for me. I\u2019m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As usual the article was authored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/revealed-israel-unit-8200-spies-american-media\/288457\/\">Israeli intelligence insider<\/a> Barak Ravid, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/mass-media-goons-are-still-reporting\">made an entire career<\/a> out of falsely reporting that the US president is furious with Netanyahu and is moments away from twisting Israel\u2019s arm to make peace.<\/p>\n<p>Some Barak Ravid headlines from the Biden administration include the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/01\/14\/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-tensions\">Biden \u201crunning out\u201d of patience with Bibi as Gaza war hits 100 days<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/12\/28\/biden-netanyahu-call-palestinian-authority-tax-revenue\">Scoop: Biden in \u201cfrustrating\u201d call told Bibi to solve Palestinian tax revenue issue<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/04\/biden-ceasefire-gaza-netanyahu-call\">Biden\u2019s ultimatum to Bibi: Change Gaza policy or we will<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/04\/gaza-aid-workers-killed-biden-netanyahu\">White House temperature is \u201cvery high\u201d ahead of Biden-Bibi call<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/05\/biden-netanyahu-us-support-israel\">\u201cWe won\u2019t support you\u201d: Inside Biden\u2019s ultimatum to Bibi<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/03\/israel-us-rafah-meeting-divisions\">Israel and U.S. deeply divided in meeting on key Rafah operation issues<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/12\/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-red-lines\">Biden and Bibi \u201cred lines\u201d for Rafah put them on a collision course<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/12\/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\">Biden-Bibi clash escalates as U.S. accused of undermining Israeli government<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/18\/biden-netanyahu-first-call-tensions\">Biden and Netanyahu hold first call in a month amid public split<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/10\/biden-netanyahu-hurting-israel-red-line\">Biden breaks with Netanyahu but sticks with Israel<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/08\/biden-hot-mike-come-jesus-meeting-netanyahu\">Biden on hot mic: Told Bibi we needed \u201ccome to Jesus\u201d meeting on Gaza<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/12\/12\/biden-netanyahu-hamas-israel-criticism\">Biden, in rare criticism, warns Netanyahu that Israel risks losing global support<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/11\/09\/biden-netanyahu-rare-criticism-pause-fighting-gaza\">Biden, in rare criticism of Bibi, says pause in Gaza fighting should have come sooner<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/11\/30\/blinken-israel-gaza-war-warning-hamas\">Scoop: Blinken warns Israeli officials global pressure will grow longer war goes on<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/05\/israel-gaza-aid-benny-gantz-white-house\">Israeli minister lambasted at White House about Gaza and war strategy<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/01\/26\/biden-netanyahu-israel-hamas-war-gaza-timetable\">Scoop: Biden tells Bibi he\u2019s not in it for a year of war in Gaza<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/22\/israel-gaza-netanyahu-blinken-insurgency-warning\">Blinken unloads on Bibi: \u201cYou need a coherent plan\u201d or face disaster in Gaza<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/19\/netanyahu-video-biden-cancels-iran-meeting\">Scoop: White House cancels meeting, scolds Netanyahu in protest over video<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/07\/26\/israel-netanyahu-harris-ceasefire-hostage-deal-talks\">Netanyahu irked by \u201ccritical\u201d Harris comments<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As everyone is sharing the latest Axios report, it&#8217;s worth noting that an Israeli official told Ynet earlier today that Israel&#8217;s threat to attack Beirut was done in coordination with the US <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lzoU5g4Omj\">pic.twitter.com\/lzoU5g4Omj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave DeCamp (@DecampDave) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DecampDave\/status\/2061594101997244816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Biden continued shipping weapons to Israel throughout the Gaza holocaust until the moment he left office in January of last year. There was never any meaningful conflict between the White House and Tel Aviv then, and we may safely assume that there there is no meaningful conflict between the White House and Tel Aviv today. As Antiwar\u2019s Dave DeCamp <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DecampDave\/status\/2061594101997244816\">notes<\/a>, the Israeli press are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/bj7rrmjegl\">reporting<\/a> that Netanyahu\u2019s planned attack on Beirut has been drawn up in coordination with Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>A new <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/A53Cb\">UN report accuses<\/a> Israel of rape and sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners, yet another entry into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.btselem.org\/publications\/202601_living_hell\">mountains<\/a> upon <a href=\"https:\/\/euromedmonitor.org\/en\/videos\/865\/Rape-and-sexual-violence-inside-Israeli-prisons\">mountains<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/middle-east-and-africa\/2026\/05\/27\/itamar-ben-gvir-has-presided-over-horrific-abuse-in-israels-prisons\">evidence<\/a> for this already <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/bvHtf\">well-established fact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s crazy how the actual, serious hasbara narrative about all these reports is that there\u2019s a giant global antisemitic conspiracy in which all humanitarian institutions are collaborating with mainstream news outlets in a sinister plot to make Israel look bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>The Zionist PR operation StopAntisemitism has a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/2061472746874327549\">multi-paragraph post<\/a> up on Twitter right now complaining that a hospital receptionist wore a keffiyeh at work, and it made a Jewish woman feel upset.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cedars-Sinai Hospital: a Jewish mother was stunned to find a receptionist wearing a keffiyeh while checking her child into a pediatric endocrinology appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Since 10\/7, the keffiyeh has increasingly been used at protests and demonstrations where calls for violence against\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JoI5r5LdVE\">pic.twitter.com\/JoI5r5LdVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/2061472746874327549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it. That\u2019s the whole entire story. A Jewish person\u2019s feelings felt upset about a piece of cloth. People are getting ripped to shreds by Israeli bombs in Lebanon and Gaza, but this is what we all need to focus on.<\/p>\n<p>When people talk about \u201cskyrocketing levels of antisemitic incidents\u201d, it\u2019s mostly just stuff like this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2756<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s antisemitism czar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aseca.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-04\/understanding-antisemitism-in-australia.pdf\">released a document<\/a> which simultaneously asserts that \u201cAntisemitism and antizionism are both expressions of hatred towards Jews\u201d AND that \u201cIt is antisemitic to conflate the policies of the Israeli government with the views of Jewish Australians\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>These two sentences are contradictory and mutually exclusive. They cannot both be true. If it\u2019s wrong to conflate all Jews with Israel, then it cannot be right to conflate a rejection of the pro-Israel political ideology with a hatred toward all Jews. It\u2019s either one or the other. It can\u2019t be both.<\/p>\n<p>Just in case you wanted a little more insight into how absurd and incoherent this fake \u201cantisemitism\u201d panic is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Caitlin\u2019s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/subscribe\"> consider becoming a free or paid subscriber<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/thousands-of-new-yorkers-just-attended\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caitlin Johnstone reflects on a recent Israel Day Parade in New York, which was led by Israel\u2019s hard line finance minister Bezalel Smotrich. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":327596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327597,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327594\/revisions\/327597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/327596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}