"Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, said he spoke with one of the victims. "I spoke with one of them. We encouraged them to be strong, to prevail," he said. "Unfortunately, this Hanukkah became a hunting ground against Jews, all around the world. We saw it happen in Sydney, Australia. We saw what happened here in New York City.""
""I am deeply, we are deeply pained and grieving this week," said Devorah Halberstam, whose son was murdered in 1994 on the Brooklyn Bridge by a gunman motivated by antisemitic hate. "Unfortunately, they were attacked on the subway just for who they are, as identifiable Jewish kids with the yarmulkes and the hats on the head.""
"Friends of the victims tell CBS News New York that earlier, before the video began, the two suspects yelled "f*** the Jews" and "I'll kill you.""
"The NYPD said it appears to have originated over a dispute about subway seats, and investigators have a person of interest they're looking for in connection to the aggravated assault. Police said they do not, however, currently have evidence it was a bias-based attack."
The NYPD is investigating two possible antisemitic hate crimes in Brooklyn during Hanukkah. Video shows two Orthodox Jewish men, ages 20 and 21, being confronted on a southbound 3 train around 8:40 p.m. Friends of the victims reported that earlier the suspects yelled "f*** the Jews" and "I'll kill you." The NYPD said the incident appears to have originated over a dispute about subway seats and that investigators have a person of interest but currently no evidence of a bias-based attack. Chabad said the yeshiva students had just celebrated Hanukkah in Union Square. Israel's U.N. ambassador and a victim's family member expressed pain, the assistant attorney general for civil rights posted that she will investigate, and police also responded to a separate stabbing near Chabad World Headquarters involving a 35-year-old man; investigations are ongoing.
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