{"id":2557,"date":"2026-07-24T04:18:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/24\/israel-blames-new-york-mayor-for-anti-semitic-stabbing-attack-video\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:18:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:18:53","slug":"israel-blames-new-york-mayor-for-anti-semitic-stabbing-attack-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=2557","title":{"rendered":"Israel blames New York mayor for \u2018anti-Semitic\u2019 stabbing attack (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

An assailant who injured two people on Thursday reportedly shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has blamed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s rhetoric for the stabbing of two people on Manhattan\u2019s Upper West Side on Thursday. The assailant reportedly shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The victims \u2013 a Jewish man and an Asian man \u2013 were hospitalized and are expected to survive, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on X.<\/p>\n

Police arrested 51-year-old Raul Morales as the sole suspect. \u201cDetectives are continuing to work the case and determine the motive, but according to victim and witness statements, Morales yelled \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 during both attacks. The NYPD is currently evaluating whether this is a potential hate crime,\u201d<\/em> Tisch said.<\/p>\n

Tisch added that although the suspect had no known history of mental illness, his mental state \u201cmay have been a factor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In a statement on X, Mamdani also said that witnesses and the victims reported hearing the attacker shout \u201cAllahu Akbar,\u201d<\/em> adding that \u201cthese hateful and despicable attacks have no place in our city.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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NEW: 2 stabbed in Manhattan\u2019s Upper West Side, including at least one \u2018visibly Jewish\u2019 victim; suspect yelled \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 pic.twitter.com\/6nq7hwiyt4<\/a><\/p>\n

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Saar described the incident as \u201ca horrific anti-Semitic stabbing attack,\u201d<\/em> accusing Mamdani of incitement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis violence did not happen in a vacuum. Months of incitement against the Jewish state from Mamdani have helped create a climate in which Jews are targeted,\u201d<\/em> Saar wrote on X.<\/p>\n

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He called on the mayor to \u201cend the incitement, confront anti-Semitism with resolve, and act now to protect the city\u2019s Jewish community.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza and called AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying group, \u201cmonsters.\u201d<\/em> Some Jewish organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), described his remarks as anti-Semitic, while more than 700 rabbis and cantors across the US signed a letter last month urging him to apologize.<\/p>\n

Mamdani has denied being anti-Semitic. \u201cAs mayor, I will always stand steadfast with our Jewish neighbors to root the scourge of anti-Semitism out of our city,\u201d<\/em> he said in November 2025 after swastikas were painted on a Jewish school.<\/p>\n

He also defended his criticism of AIPAC. \u201cI used the term (\u2018monsters\u2019) to describe all those who are preventing the birth of a new world, not solely AIPAC, but frankly super PACs at large, who are spending millions of dollars on deceptive and misleading ads that are blanketing the airwaves,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

The US and other Western countries have seen an upswing in anti-Semitic incidents since the outbreak of Israel\u2019s war against Hamas in Gaza in 2023, as well as following the joint US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran launched in February 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An assailant who injured two people on Thursday reportedly shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has blamed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s rhetoric for the stabbing of two … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}