Jewish leaders and New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani for fueling antisemitism and creating a climate that led a madman to stab a Jewish New Yorker and another victim during a rally in Manhattan Sunday. <\/p>\n
The \u201cUnited Against Hate\u201d rally took place around the corner from where madman Raul Morales <\/a>screamed \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d while allegedly stabbing a 50-year-old Jewish man<\/a>, Moshe Yezhak Grunhaus, outside his synagogue at Amsterdam Avenue and West 86th Street on Thursday.<\/p>\n Morales also stabbed Chok Sung, a 57-year-old Asian man \u2014 in a separate attack near West 84th Street and Central Park West the same day.<\/p>\n A rally organized by \u201cEnd Jew Hatred\u201d in opposition to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. REUTERS<\/p>\n The shocking attacks come as Mamdani\u2019s rhetoric against Israel \u2014 particularly his bashing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> \u2014 is inciting antisemitism across the city, according to Blakeman, who is Jewish.<\/p>\n \u201cThere is no question that Zohran Mamdani\u2019s antisemitic rhetoric has fueled all of the antisemitism and the violence we now see in the city,\u201d the GOP gubernatorial candidate said at the rally. <\/p>\n \u201cAn Asian man and a Jewish man were stabbed in broad daylight just blocks apart in Manhattan while their attacker allegedly shouted \u2018Allahu Akbar,’\u201d he added. <\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s stop beating around the bush: this is what happens when the sitting Mayor of New York City actively demonizes Jewish residents and normalizes antisemitism while Kathy Hochul\u2019s disaster of a bail law ensures that hate-mongers walk free before the police report is even typed up.\u201d<\/p>\n Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, also proposed tougher criminal sentences for those convicted of hate crimes, slamming Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mamdani for being too soft on crime.<\/p>\n \u201cYou cannot attack the Jewish community with radical rhetoric, close jails and then act surprised when innocent New Yorkers are stabbed on a Thursday afternoon,\u201d the governor hopeful said. \u201cNew York\u2019s laws need to change to protect the victims, not the criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n NYPD detectives escort Raul Morales, 51, following his arrest in connection with two stabbing attacks. Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Post<\/p>\n Protesters clash with counterprotesters during a rally to \u201cEnd Jew Hatred\u201d after New York City Mayor Zorhan Mamdani said he wanted to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Michael Nigro for NY Post<\/p>\n Hizzoner, over the past week, mulled over whether he could have Netanyahu arrested as a war criminal when the Israeli leader steps into New York City to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly in September. When Mamdani concluded he couldn\u2019t <\/a>arrest the prime minister, he urged pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli activists to protest Netanyahu<\/a> when he comes to the city that month.<\/p>\n But on Sunday, the mayor found himself at the center of protests where attendees demanded his arrest and removal from office. <\/p>\n Rally-goers chanted \u201cRemove Mamdani\u201d and \u201cArrest Mamdani\u201d and also, \u201cZohran, Zohran, you can hide, we charge you with hate and crime.\u201d<\/p>\n A poster promoting the rally showed an image of Mamdani with blood on his hands.<\/p>\n Jewish leaders also spoke out against the mayor at the rally, blaming him for inflaming divides. <\/p>\n Moshe Grunhaus, seen in a photo posted to Facebook on Oct 2, 2020, was allegedly stabbed by madman Raul Morales, who screamed \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d on Thursday. Facebook\/Moshe Grunhaus<\/p>\n \u201cJews are under attack. We are a minority in this city, and we are the number one group that\u2019s being targeted, and he\u2019s [Madami] inflaming the situation,\u201d said Linda Lichtbraun, community leader of the Zionist group HERUT New York City.<\/p>\n