Reuven Rivlin

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New York city mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a series of measures to address a "crisis" of anti-Semitic attacks, after a mass stabbing.

Mr de Blasio said the safety would be there to teach more in the Jewish areas and schools would be the students to cope with hatred.

at least five people were injured in The Knife attack on a rabbi-house in The State of New York on Saturday.

President Donald Trump called to fight for the unit, "The Evil scourge" of anti-Semitism after The Attack .

witnesses said the attackers stormed into The House , in Monsey, North of New York City, was hosting a Hanukkah celebration, drew a large knife and began stabbing people.

The suspected knifeman, named by Police as Grafton Thomas, 37, Greenwood Lake , New York , charged with attempted murder has been. He pleaded Not Guilty and held in jail with his bail of $5m (£3. 8m).

in the night On Monday with his lawyer, Michael Sussman, in a statement in the name of His Family , the said Mr. Thomas "has a long history of mental illness and hospitalizations".

"He has no history as acts of violence and no convictions for a criminal offence," it said. "He has no known history of anti-Semitism, and was raised in a home that you are accepted and respected All religions and races. He is not a member of any hate groups. "

What has been said by The Mayor ?

Just A Day before The Attack , Mr de Blasio, Police patrols had announced extra in three areas of Brooklyn with a large Jewish population after a series of anti-Semitic incidents.

"The Spirit we bring today is one of determination and relentlessness. We will keep adding, how many measures it takes to end the crisis," he told reporters on Sunday.

Mr de Blasio said, that additional officers would be deployed to The Districts of Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park .

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio (R) said authorities had to act decisively

"the people in the community see our officers in front of the houses of worship and on The Streets . We give people a sense of security, and we have to show that this is a terrible trend that we have seen in The Last couple of weeks dead in his tracks," he said.

Mr de Blasio said the changes would be made to the curriculum at schools in Brooklyn next month. He said you would hate the focus to the "stop. to understand the development of mutual respect, to help Young People what a hate crime really is and the dangers that threaten you, to All of us."

The Attack took place during a religious ceremony within a Rabbis house, What happened?

A Man wielding attacked with a machete, a Chanukah celebration at the Rabbi's property in Monsey - an area with a large population of ultra-Orthodox Jews. The Incident happened at about 22:00 on the Saturday (03:00 GMT Sunday).

Rabbi Yisroel Kahan, who was in The House at the time, described it, began the moment of The Attack .

"He pushed His Way in, slammed the door and said: 'None of you out' - so Something to this effect, that no one can leave and pulls out a machete and unsheathes it, and starts doing The Unthinkable ," he said.

Yossi Gestetner, a co-founder of the Orthodox Jewish public Affairs Council for the Hudson Valley region, told the New York Times that the bomber had his face partially obscured by a scarf, and that the rabbi's son was one of those he hurt.

Aron Kohn, 65, who also said in The House at the time of the newspaper: "I prayed for My Life . We had no time to react at All . "

The rabbi, The House was hosting a Hanukkah celebration

Mr Kohn said that the attacker then tries a synagogue next to The House , but the people inside had locked the door.

The Man then fled in a car. His vehicle papers to the Police and the number plate was passed on to the Scanner picked up The Car as it entered New York City, where he was detained.

Mr Thomas was charged on Sunday with five counts of attempted murder And One count of burglary, according to Police .

What to say to other New York authorities?

The Governor of The State , Andrew Cuomo described The Attack as "domestic terrorism". Hatred based on race, color and creed was an "American cancer spread in the political body," The Governor told a news conference on Sunday.

He called to a domestic terrorism law of The State in prosecution of such crimes.

"Just because you come from Another Country , does not mean they are not terrorists. They should be prosecuted as domestic terrorists. "

"We will not allow to spread this poison. No one can defeat This Country , but This Country can defeat itself," he added.

What other reaction to have been?

President Trump said The Attack was "horrific".

"We All need to come together, to fight, to confront and eliminate The Evil scourge of anti-Semitism," he said.

Israel's President Reuven Rivlin expressed his "shock and outrage" at The Attack .

Steve Gold of the Jewish Federation of Rockland County , said the US had failed, the Jewish community.

"My parents were Holocaust survivors, and My Father and I do promise what I can to ensure that it never happens again. Today, I can say that I am not My Father . The United States has failed, my parents and All of the Holocaust survivors. This can't go on," he said.

New York Police have been guarding synagogues after a series of hate crimes Are anti-Semitic attacks on The Rise in the United States?

On Friday in the New York city Police hate crimes unit, said the investigation of eight anti-Semitic incidents was reported for 13. December.

they included a threat by A Man who went into an Orthodox Jewish community headquartered in Brooklyn and threatened to shoot someone. In another case, a 30-year-old woman who allegedly struck Three Women in The Face .

New York Police Department Commissioner Dermot Shea said hate crimes in New York City are up to 22% this year.

"you a hook to see the cross is drawn, you will see a brick is thrown through a window, you will see a woman on The Street with their children and with their wig ripped off," he said.

In April.

The Attack came exactly six months after the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in the history of the United States, in.

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