World Zionist Organization

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.

 Rabbi Doron Perez holding a photograph of his son, Capt. Daniel Perez, who fell on October 7.
 RABBI DORON Perez holding a photograph of his son, Capt. Daniel Perez.

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

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.

Whither tomorrow? - opinion

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.

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


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.

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.

 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Controversial Yair Netanyahu appt to WZO gives Hagoel opportunity to keep role at WZO

Renewed negotiations followed Wednesday's proposed deal for the positions in the National Institutions stall, after Culture Minister Miki Zohar advanced the appointment of Yair Netanyahu.

 Yair Netanyahu

World Zionist Circus: Delegates, vote no. Kill the Yair Netanyahu deal - comment

Delegates of the WZC should vote against Yair Netanyahu's appointment, not out of dislike for a family but out of respect for the institution.

'That is why this appointment misses the moment. I am not against Netanyahu Jr. I have never met the guy. I would be against anyone, from any faction, who is high profile in spreading hate and spreading division within our nation, and then asks to become the face of Diaspora engagement.'