Jewish elected officials on Friday indirectly blamed Mayor Zohran Mamdani for fueling antisemitism, linking his criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a pair of stabbing attacks on the Upper West Side. Mamdani earlier this week released a video where he called Netanyahu a “war criminal.” On Thursday afternoon, police say a 51-year-old suspect yelled “Allahu akbar” while stabbing a Jewish man and an Asian man in quick succession. In the viral video, Mamdani backed off that threat, saying he had concluded he lacked the authority as mayor to order the arrest of a foreign head of state. "I want to be equally clear, Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in New York City, nor is any other war criminal at large," Mamdani said.