Among the delegation was Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, alongside Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu and 13 members of the Knesset.
Smotrich has called for Gaza to be emptied of its Palestinian population and for the destruction of the besieged enclave.
Middle East Eye reported in May that the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court had filed a secret arrest warrant application for Smotrich over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
MEE understands that the charges against Smotrich include forced displacement as a crime against humanity and war crime, the transfer of Israel’s own population as a war crime, and persecution and apartheid as crimes against humanity.
Addressing attendees, Smotrich said the parade "reminds me of the Jerusalem Flag March", an ultra-nationalist procession through Jerusalem's Old City and Muslim Quarter on Jerusalem Day where participants have often chanted "Death to Arabs" and while attacking Palestinian and Christian residents.
Eliyahu, another member of the delegation, has previously called for nuclear weapons to be used against Gaza's pre-genocide population of 2.1 million Palestinians.
He has also advocated starving Palestinians in the besieged enclave, declaring that "there is no problem bombing their food and fuel reserves. They should starve."
The Israel Day Parade has long been a fixture of New York's political calendar and is often viewed as a test of political loyalty to Israel among elected officials.
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