World Zionist Organization

Mamdani's bot army needs a full investigation, not social media outrage - editorial

The accounts showed suspiciously unusual activity, with some recording more than 500 posts a day and another logging 955 reshares in a single day, all traced to City Hall infrastructure.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
New York City Mayor Zohrarn Mamdani speaks during the ceremonial inauguration at City Hall on January 1,2026 in New York City.
Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, arrives to speak to members of the media after reports of falling debris at 235 East 42nd Street during an office-to-residential conversion in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

Secret bot army boosting Mamdani on X may have just been traced back to his City Hall - exclusive

The Post independently consulted the cyber experts involved, who said they are "100% sure" the IP addresses could be traced to City Hall.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Israel buried the remains of Shimon (Leib) and Rivka Herzl, grandparents of the late Theodor Herzl, in Mount Herzl.

Herzl grandparents' return to Mount Herzl reveals Zionism's roots through generations - editorial

The reburial of Theodor Herzl’s grandparents on Mount Herzl shows how Jewish identity, memory and Zionist ideals are passed through generations.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
AN ISRAEL Day event on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan takes place last June. There is a significant increase in the number of Diaspora Jews who identify with Israel and show increased involvement in Jewish activity in their community, according to a JPPI survey cited by the writer.

Diaspora Jewry is not dying, it is changing - opinion

Judaism is not disappearing; it is changing its forms of expression. The challenges must not be ignored. Assimilation exists, and in some communities, there is also a decline in numbers.

|ByRENANA BIRNBAUM

Zionist institutions need national oversight, instead they get bureaucratic expansion - opinion

This past World Zionist Congress proved the need for major reforms, including the nationalization of KKL and WZO.

NOVEMBER 15, 2025ByMARTIN OLINER
HATIKVAH AND Labor Zionist Alliance delegates at the World Zionist Congress: Zionism has never skirted the tough questions, and it was encouraging to see that tradition continue at this Congress, say the writers.

WZO votes to approve new leadership amid ongoing negotiations

The WZO said that Rabbi Doron Perez would serve as the new chairman, rotating with Yaakov Hagoel.

NOVEMBER 11, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Head of WZO Yaakov Hagoel.

World Zionist Circus: A funhouse mirror of Israeli politics - comment

The same symptoms that afflict the WZC afflict other bodies in Israel and Diaspora politics: An insulated elite that is inwardly focused on personal interests.

NOVEMBER 10, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
PARTICIPANTS SING ‘Hatikvah’ at the end of a gala event on occasion of the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress at the original venue, the Stadtcasino Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, on Monday.

Debate and disagreement it is a wholeheartedly Zionist exercise -opinion

The 39th World Zionist Congress created a space for all who are invested in the Zionist project to be at the table without checking their values at the door.

NOVEMBER 9, 2025BySAM BERKMAN, NOMI COLTON-MAX
HATIKVAH AND Labor Zionist Alliance delegates at the World Zionist Congress: Zionism has never skirted the tough questions, and it was encouraging to see that tradition continue at this Congress, say the writers.

Perez for WZO pres? WZC vote extended, but agreement renegotiated

World Mizrachi CEO Rabbi Doron Perez is poised to become the president of the World Zionist Organization, while incumbent World Likud head Yaakov Hagoel could be part of the chairman rotation.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Head of WZO Yaakov Hagoel.

WZC supposed to be about unity; J Street made it about division - opinion

Next time, the World Zionist Congress should return to its roots – a forum for shared purpose, not a playground for fringe politics.

NOVEMBER 3, 2025ByALAN LEVINE
J STREET FOUNDER Jeremy Ben-Ami is flanked by Jill Jacobs of T’ruah (left) and Margo Hughes-Robinson of Partners for Progressive Israel. Ben-Ami used his platform to push divisive political resolutions, the writer charges.

Idealism at the WZC: The future of Zionism looks bright - opinion

I left the conversation soaring – confident that within this broad yet focused movement filled with so many caring, committed, capable people, we agree far more than we disagree.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByGIL TROY
THE WRITER addresses the Conference on Informal Education and Leadership, sponsored by the World Zionist Organization’s Dept. of Pioneering Youth and Future Generations, run in parallel with the World Zionist Congress.

WZC votes on deal without Yair Netanyahu, but right slates call for delay

If the vote proceeds, it would approve Perez as WZO chairman from November until April 30, 2028, and for Hagoel to resume his chairmanship from May 1, 2028.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in the defamation lawsuit filed by former MK Stav Shafir in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022.

World Zionist Congress passes key resolutions, while E1 settlements project lead to walkouts

Subjects as antisemitism and education receive overwhelming support, while more controversial matters, such as the rejection of settlement building, saw a mass walkout in the WZC.

OCTOBER 30, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
The World Zionist Organization building in Tel Aviv, overlooking Leonardo da Vinci Street, displayes the Declaration of Independence September 12, 2023

‘I'm not being paid, I'm not running away’: Lizzy Savetsky tells ‘Post’

Influencer-activist addresses WikiLeaks controversy, Netanyahu's son's WZO appointment drama, and NYC's political future in candid interview

OCTOBER 30, 2025ByEZRA TAYLOR
Pro-Israel influencer Lizzy Savetsky before her interview at the Jerusalem Post studio in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, following a late-night World Zionist Congress session.