World Zionist Organization

'Heartbroken by barbaric terror attack': Jewish orgs. worldwide react to Bondi Beach mass shooting

Jewish organizations worldwide denounced the Bondi Beach mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration, mourning the victims and urging stronger action against rising antisemitic violence.

|ByJAMES GENN
People hold signs that read, "Antizionism is Bondi Beach, Anti-zionism is Jew Hate" and "Antizionism gets Jews killed" during a vigil outside the Australian Consulate on December 14, 2025 in New York City following the mass shooting at Bondi Beach, Sydney.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025

Hadar no more: How the Zionist establishment has betrayed the Jewish people - opinion

What took place at the 39th World Zionist Congress was not merely a procedural fiasco, nor a bureaucratic misstep; it was the exposure of a system decaying from within.

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
Rabbi Doron Perez holding a photograph of his son, Capt. Daniel Perez, who fell on October 7.

WZO adopts new agreement with Perez as president, bringing extended negotiation saga to an end

The agreement will see Mizrachi CEO Rabbi Doron Perez become the WZO president, a normally ceremonial role that would reportedly expand to include matters of budget and Diaspora relations.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
RABBI DORON Perez holding a photograph of his son, Capt. Daniel Perez.

WZO adopts new coalition agreement, Perez as president, Hagoel as chair

The agreement will see Mizrachi CEO Rabbi Doron Perez become the WZO president,  a normally ceremonial role that would reportedly expand to engage in matters of budget and Diaspora relations.

|ByMICHAEL STARR

Whither tomorrow? - opinion

If the WZO wants to remain relevant to both Israel and the Diaspora, the time is long overdue to invest in securing a more Jewish and Zionist tomorrow that will benefit Jews whether here or there.

NOVEMBER 23, 2025ByBRENDA KATTEN
JEWISH ACTIVISTS – many of them young – rally against the detention by ICE agents of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, March 20.

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 former Israeli 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.