More than 300,000 spectators and 50,000 marchers brave unseasonably cold, rainy weather to attend and participate in the 20th annual Salute to Israel Parade on Fifth Avenue, marking the 36th anniversary of Israel’s independence.
Jackson disavows the statements of his supporter, Louis Farrakhan, who is reported to tell a group of his followers in Chicago that Judaism is a “gutter religion” and describes Israel as an “outlaw nation” whose supporters in the international community of nations “are criminals in the sight of almighty God.”
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