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Rudy riled at Israel parade

Sam Raskin

Rudy Giuliani erupted on a heckler during a parade to celebrate Israel on Sunday, calling the man a “jackass” and a “brainwashed a-hole” while defending his record as the city’s mayor.

Giuliani could be seen on video shouting at the unidentified man at Fifth Avenue and 62nd Street after the heckler got under his skin during the Israel Day Parade.

“Crime was down 55% under me, it’s up 40% under him,” he shouted while leaning over the police barricades, in apparent reference to Mayor Adams and recent NYPD data.

It’s unclear what the man said to Giuliani — the expersonal lawyer for former President Donald Trump — that prompted him to yell back in fury.

The recent “Masked Singer” contestant and critic of Adams then shouted: “I reduced crime, you jackass!”

A 35-second video was posted on Twitter by The Forward reporter Jacob Kornbluh.

During his tenure, Giuliani and then-Police Commissioner Bill Bratton implemented a new data system for the NYPD. The system is credited with helping crime rates plummet in the mid-to-late 1990s.

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